Subject: Re: [PATCH net] net: usb: aqc111: Do not perform PM inside runtime suspend callback

From: Jakub Kicinski <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 6 Mar 2026 16:43:51 -0800

On Wed,  4 Mar 2026 17:57:34 +0200 Nikola Z. Ivanov wrote:
> syzbot reports "task hung in rpm_resume"
> 
> This is caused by aqc111_suspend calling
> the PM variant of its write_cmd routine.
> 
> The simplified call trace looks like this:
> 
> rpm_suspend()
>   usb_suspend_both() - here udev->dev.power.runtime_status == RPM_SUSPENDING
>     aqc111_suspend() - called for the usb device interface
>       aqc111_write32_cmd()
>         usb_autopm_get_interface()
>           pm_runtime_resume_and_get()
>             rpm_resume() - here we call rpm_resume() on our parent
>               rpm_resume() - Here we wait for a status change that will never happen.
> 
> At this point we block another task which holds
> rtnl_lock and locks up the whole networking stack.
> 
> Fix this by replacing the write_cmd calls with their _nopm variants
> in the case where we are inside a runtime suspend call.
> 
> Reported-by: [email-masked]
> Closes: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=48dc1e8dfc92faf1124c
> Fixes: e58ba4544c77 ("net: usb: aqc111: Add support for wake on LAN by MAGIC packet")
> Signed-off-by: Nikola Z. Ivanov <[email-masked]>
> ---
> This patch is untested!
> I do not have access to a real device to test it,
> testing on real hardware would be appreciated,
> if anyone has a device laying around.
> 
> I have found no reason for the PM variants to be
> used in the ->suspend callback when it comes
> to the device driver.
> 
> The PM docs suggest that PM should not be done
> during runtime suspend, but I cannot find a
> definitive answer for system suspend, hence the
> conditional if(PMSG_IS_AUTO(message))

Dmitiry, Igor, could you possibly shed some light?
Can we simply switch to the _nopm() helpers instead?

> diff --git a/drivers/net/usb/aqc111.c b/drivers/net/usb/aqc111.c
> index cbffa9ae1bb6..2f0d66c7ade0 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/usb/aqc111.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/usb/aqc111.c
> @@ -1395,14 +1395,27 @@ static int aqc111_suspend(struct usb_interface *intf, pm_message_t message)
>  		aqc111_write16_cmd_nopm(dev, AQ_ACCESS_MAC,
>  					SFR_MEDIUM_STATUS_MODE, 2, &reg16);
>  
> -		aqc111_write_cmd(dev, AQ_WOL_CFG, 0, 0,
> -				 WOL_CFG_SIZE, &wol_cfg);
> -		aqc111_write32_cmd(dev, AQ_PHY_OPS, 0, 0,
> -				   &aqc111_data->phy_cfg);
> +		if (PMSG_IS_AUTO(message)) {
> +			aqc111_write_cmd_nopm(dev, AQ_WOL_CFG, 0, 0,
> +					      WOL_CFG_SIZE, &wol_cfg);
> +			aqc111_write32_cmd_nopm(dev, AQ_PHY_OPS, 0, 0,
> +						&aqc111_data->phy_cfg);
> +		} else {
> +			aqc111_write_cmd(dev, AQ_WOL_CFG, 0, 0,
> +					 WOL_CFG_SIZE, &wol_cfg);
> +			aqc111_write32_cmd(dev, AQ_PHY_OPS, 0, 0,
> +					   &aqc111_data->phy_cfg);
> +		}
>  	} else {
>  		aqc111_data->phy_cfg |= AQ_LOW_POWER;
> -		aqc111_write32_cmd(dev, AQ_PHY_OPS, 0, 0,
> -				   &aqc111_data->phy_cfg);
> +
> +		if (PMSG_IS_AUTO(message)) {
> +			aqc111_write32_cmd_nopm(dev, AQ_PHY_OPS, 0, 0,
> +						&aqc111_data->phy_cfg);
> +		} else {
> +			aqc111_write32_cmd(dev, AQ_PHY_OPS, 0, 0,
> +					   &aqc111_data->phy_cfg);
> +		}
>  
>  		/* Disable RX path */
>  		aqc111_read16_cmd_nopm(dev, AQ_ACCESS_MAC,