usbnet: introduce usbnet_{read|write}_cmd_nopm

This patch introduces the below two helpers to prepare for solving
the usbnet runtime PM problem, which may cause some network utilities
(ifconfig, ethtool,...) touch a suspended device.

	usbnet_read_cmd_nopm()
	usbnet_write_cmd_nopm()

The above two helpers should be called by usbnet resume/suspend
callback to avoid deadlock.

Signed-off-by: Ming Lei <ming.lei@canonical.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>

1 files changed, 57 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/net/usb/usbnet.c b/drivers/net/usb/usbnet.c
index 447d20d22b7c..0ac1ff3571cb 100644
--- a/drivers/net/usb/usbnet.c
+++ b/drivers/net/usb/usbnet.c
@@ -1611,8 +1611,8 @@ void usbnet_device_suggests_idle(struct usbnet *dev)
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(usbnet_device_suggests_idle);
 
 /*-------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
-int usbnet_read_cmd(struct usbnet *dev, u8 cmd, u8 reqtype,
-		    u16 value, u16 index, void *data, u16 size)
+static int __usbnet_read_cmd(struct usbnet *dev, u8 cmd, u8 reqtype,
+			     u16 value, u16 index, void *data, u16 size)
 {
 	void *buf = NULL;
 	int err = -ENOMEM;
@@ -1636,10 +1636,10 @@ int usbnet_read_cmd(struct usbnet *dev, u8 cmd, u8 reqtype,
 out:
 	return err;
 }
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(usbnet_read_cmd);
 
-int usbnet_write_cmd(struct usbnet *dev, u8 cmd, u8 reqtype,
-		     u16 value, u16 index, const void *data, u16 size)
+static int __usbnet_write_cmd(struct usbnet *dev, u8 cmd, u8 reqtype,
+			      u16 value, u16 index, const void *data,
+			      u16 size)
 {
 	void *buf = NULL;
 	int err = -ENOMEM;
@@ -1662,8 +1662,56 @@ int usbnet_write_cmd(struct usbnet *dev, u8 cmd, u8 reqtype,
 out:
 	return err;
 }
+
+/*
+ * The function can't be called inside suspend/resume callback,
+ * otherwise deadlock will be caused.
+ */
+int usbnet_read_cmd(struct usbnet *dev, u8 cmd, u8 reqtype,
+		    u16 value, u16 index, void *data, u16 size)
+{
+	return __usbnet_read_cmd(dev, cmd, reqtype, value, index,
+				 data, size);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(usbnet_read_cmd);
+
+/*
+ * The function can't be called inside suspend/resume callback,
+ * otherwise deadlock will be caused.
+ */
+int usbnet_write_cmd(struct usbnet *dev, u8 cmd, u8 reqtype,
+		     u16 value, u16 index, const void *data, u16 size)
+{
+	return __usbnet_write_cmd(dev, cmd, reqtype, value, index,
+				  data, size);
+}
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(usbnet_write_cmd);
 
+/*
+ * The function can be called inside suspend/resume callback safely
+ * and should only be called by suspend/resume callback generally.
+ */
+int usbnet_read_cmd_nopm(struct usbnet *dev, u8 cmd, u8 reqtype,
+			  u16 value, u16 index, void *data, u16 size)
+{
+	return __usbnet_read_cmd(dev, cmd, reqtype, value, index,
+				 data, size);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(usbnet_read_cmd_nopm);
+
+/*
+ * The function can be called inside suspend/resume callback safely
+ * and should only be called by suspend/resume callback generally.
+ */
+int usbnet_write_cmd_nopm(struct usbnet *dev, u8 cmd, u8 reqtype,
+			  u16 value, u16 index, const void *data,
+			  u16 size)
+{
+	return __usbnet_write_cmd(dev, cmd, reqtype, value, index,
+				  data, size);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(usbnet_write_cmd_nopm);
+
 static void usbnet_async_cmd_cb(struct urb *urb)
 {
 	struct usb_ctrlrequest *req = (struct usb_ctrlrequest *)urb->context;
@@ -1677,6 +1725,10 @@ static void usbnet_async_cmd_cb(struct urb *urb)
 	usb_free_urb(urb);
 }
 
+/*
+ * The caller must make sure that device can't be put into suspend
+ * state until the control URB completes.
+ */
 int usbnet_write_cmd_async(struct usbnet *dev, u8 cmd, u8 reqtype,
 			   u16 value, u16 index, const void *data, u16 size)
 {