On 11.12.2023 05:52, Marc MERLIN wrote: > On Thu, Dec 07, 2023 at 09:40:21AM -0800, Jakub Kicinski wrote: >> On Thu, 7 Dec 2023 11:16:10 +0100 Przemek Kitszel wrote: >>> I have let know our igc TL, architect, and anybody that could be >>> interested via cc: IWL. And I'm happy that this could be done at >>> relaxed pace thanks to Johannes >> >> I think you may be expecting us to take Johannes's patch. >> It's still on the table, but to make things clear - >> upstream we prefer to wait for the "real fix", so if we agree >> that fixing igb/igc is a better way (as Heiner pointed out on previous >> version PM functions are called by the stack under rtnl elsewhere too, >> just not while device is open) - we'll wait for that. Especially >> that I'm 80% I complained about the PM in those drivers in >> the past and nobody seemed to care. It's a constant source of rtnl >> deadlocks. > > For whatever it's worth, I want to be clear that all stock kernels > are 100% unusable on lenovo P17gen2 because of this deadlock and that > without the temporary patch, my laptop would be usuable. > It was also a risk of data loss due to repeated deadlocks and unclean > shutdowns. > Why don't you simply disable runtime pm for the affected device as a workaround? This can be done via sysfs.
> I cannot say what the correct fix is, but I am definitely hoping you > will accept some solution for the next stable kernel. > > Thank you > Marc _______________________________________________ Intel-wired-lan mailing list Intel-wired-lan@osuosl.org https://lists.osuosl.org/mailman/listinfo/intel-wired-lan
