[PATCH] driver: net: ethernet: mtk_star_emac: fix suspend/resume issue

Macpaul Lin macpaul.lin at mediatek.com
Wed May 28 00:53:51 PDT 2025


From: Yanqing Wang <ot_yanqing.wang at mediatek.com>

Identify the cause of the suspend/resume hang: netif_carrier_off()
is called during link state changes and becomes stuck while
executing linkwatch_work().

To resolve this issue, call netif_device_detach() during the Ethernet
suspend process to temporarily detach the network device from the
kernel and prevent the suspend/resume hang.

Fixes: 8c7bd5a454ff ("net: ethernet: mtk-star-emac: new driver")
Signed-off-by: Yanqing Wang <ot_yanqing.wang at mediatek.com>
Signed-off-by: Macpaul Lin <macpaul.lin at mediatek.com>
Signed-off-by: Biao Huang <biao.huang at mediatek.com>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/mediatek/mtk_star_emac.c | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mediatek/mtk_star_emac.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mediatek/mtk_star_emac.c
index b175119a6a7d..b83886a41121 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mediatek/mtk_star_emac.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mediatek/mtk_star_emac.c
@@ -1463,6 +1463,8 @@ static __maybe_unused int mtk_star_suspend(struct device *dev)
 	if (netif_running(ndev))
 		mtk_star_disable(ndev);
 
+	netif_device_detach(ndev);
+
 	clk_bulk_disable_unprepare(MTK_STAR_NCLKS, priv->clks);
 
 	return 0;
@@ -1487,6 +1489,8 @@ static __maybe_unused int mtk_star_resume(struct device *dev)
 			clk_bulk_disable_unprepare(MTK_STAR_NCLKS, priv->clks);
 	}
 
+	netif_device_attach(ndev);
+
 	return ret;
 }
 
-- 
2.45.2




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