[PATCH net-next 3/4] net: phy: smsc: fix and improve WoL support

Gatien CHEVALLIER gatien.chevallier at foss.st.com
Mon Jul 21 05:23:28 PDT 2025


Hello Russel,

On 7/21/25 13:28, Russell King (Oracle) wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 21, 2025 at 01:14:45PM +0200, Gatien Chevallier wrote:
>> +static int smsc_phy_suspend(struct phy_device *phydev)
>> +{
>> +	if (!phydev->wol_enabled)
>> +		return genphy_suspend(phydev);
> 
> This should not be necessary. Take a look at phy_suspend(). Notice:
> 
>          phydev->wol_enabled = phy_drv_wol_enabled(phydev) ||
>                                (netdev && netdev->ethtool->wol_enabled);
>          /* If the device has WOL enabled, we cannot suspend the PHY */
>          if (phydev->wol_enabled && !(phydrv->flags & PHY_ALWAYS_CALL_SUSPEND))
>                  return -EBUSY;
> 
> PHY_ALWAYS_CALL_SUSPEND is not set for this PHY, therefore if
> phydev->wol_enabled is set by the above code, phydrv->suspend will
> not be called.
> 

Indeed, thank you for pointing this out. I will remove this callback for
v2.

>> +
>> +	return 0;
>> +}
>> +
>> +static int smsc_phy_resume(struct phy_device *phydev)
>> +{
>> +	int rc;
>> +
>> +	if (!phydev->wol_enabled)
>> +		return genphy_resume(phydev);
>> +
>> +	rc = phy_read_mmd(phydev, MDIO_MMD_PCS, MII_LAN874X_PHY_MMD_WOL_WUCSR);
>> +	if (rc < 0)
>> +		return rc;
>> +
>> +	if (!(rc & MII_LAN874X_PHY_WOL_STATUS_MASK))
>> +		return 0;
>> +
>> +	dev_info(&phydev->mdio.dev, "Woke up from LAN event.\n");
>> +	rc = phy_write_mmd(phydev, MDIO_MMD_PCS, MII_LAN874X_PHY_MMD_WOL_WUCSR,
>> +			   rc | MII_LAN874X_PHY_WOL_STATUS_MASK);
>> +
>> +	return rc;
> 
> Note that this will be called multiple times, e.g. during attachment of
> the PHY to the network device, when the device is opened, etc even
> without ->suspend having been called, and before ->wol_enabled has
> been set. Make sure your code is safe for this.
> 

If ->wol_enabled isn't set, then we should fallback to the previous
implementation so I expect it to be fine for that matter.
Then, I expect flags to be set only in case of WoL event received.
Nevertheless, I will double check the phy_* API used in this sequence
for V2, thank you.

Best regards,
Gatien



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