[PATCH v3] scsi: libsas: Fix SMP IO deadlock during HA resume
From: Xingui Yang
Date: Fri Sep 18 2026 - 03:05:33 EST
When the controller resumes, sas_resume_ha() -> sas_drain_work()
processes the DISCE_RESUME work, which restores the ATA ports through
the libata error handler (ata_sas_port_resume() requests ATA_EH_RESET)
and waits for it in sas_ata_flush_pm_eh(). For an expander-attached
ATA device the hard reset in that recovery is an SMP PHY CONTROL
command sent to the expander:
ata_eh_recover() -> ata_eh_reset() -> sas_ata_hard_reset()
-> lldd_I_T_nexus_reset() -> sas_phy_reset()
-> sas_smp_phy_control() -> smp_execute_task_sg()
For a runtime resume ha->dev is still RPM_RESUMING while the callback
runs, so the pm_runtime_get_sync() in smp_execute_task_sg() blocks
waiting for the resume to complete, but the resume is blocked in
sas_drain_work() waiting for that very SMP IO — a deadlock.
Use pm_runtime_get_noresume() to take the reference while
SAS_HA_RESUMING is set, and pm_runtime_put() to drop it. The hardware
is already initialized by the LLDD before sas_resume_ha() runs.
SAS_HA_RESUMING is also set during a system sleep resume, where the
usage counter is still held from the sleep prepare and the put is
harmless.
Outside of the resume window, convert the pm_runtime_get_sync() call
to pm_runtime_resume_and_get() and check the result, so that an SMP IO
is not submitted to a host whose runtime resume failed (the return
value was previously ignored).
Only hisi_sas enables runtime PM among libsas LLDDs, so other drivers
(pm8001, isci, aic94xx, mvsas) are unaffected.
Fixes: 0da7ca4c4fd9 ("scsi: libsas: Resume host while sending SMP I/Os")
Signed-off-by: Xingui Yang <yangxingui@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
Changes since v2:
- Drop the reference with pm_runtime_put() instead of
pm_runtime_put_noidle().
Changes since v1:
- Use pm_runtime_get_noresume()/put_noidle() during HA resume instead
of skipping the PM reference entirely, so an in-flight SMP IO always
keeps autosuspend away.
- Convert pm_runtime_get_sync() to pm_runtime_resume_and_get() and
check the result (pre-existing issue flagged by sashiko).
drivers/scsi/libsas/sas_expander.c | 20 +++++++++++++++++---
1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/libsas/sas_expander.c b/drivers/scsi/libsas/sas_expander.c
index 811c9eb4fef1..5a8cdd3682fe 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/libsas/sas_expander.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/libsas/sas_expander.c
@@ -61,8 +61,22 @@ static int smp_execute_task_sg(struct domain_device *dev,
struct sas_internal *i =
to_sas_internal(dev->port->ha->shost->transportt);
struct sas_ha_struct *ha = dev->port->ha;
-
- pm_runtime_get_sync(ha->dev);
+ bool ha_resuming = test_bit(SAS_HA_RESUMING, &ha->state);
+
+ /*
+ * While the host is resuming, ha->dev may be RPM_RESUMING and
+ * the resume blocked in sas_drain_work() waiting for this very
+ * SMP IO, so waiting for the host to resume here would deadlock.
+ * Hold the reference without resuming, the hardware is already
+ * initialized by the LLDD before sas_resume_ha() runs.
+ */
+ if (ha_resuming) {
+ pm_runtime_get_noresume(ha->dev);
+ } else {
+ res = pm_runtime_resume_and_get(ha->dev);
+ if (res)
+ return res;
+ }
mutex_lock(&dev->ex_dev.cmd_mutex);
for (retry = 0; retry < 3; retry++) {
if (test_bit(SAS_DEV_GONE, &dev->state)) {
@@ -135,7 +149,7 @@ static int smp_execute_task_sg(struct domain_device *dev,
}
}
mutex_unlock(&dev->ex_dev.cmd_mutex);
- pm_runtime_put_sync(ha->dev);
+ pm_runtime_put(ha->dev);
BUG_ON(retry == 3 && task != NULL);
sas_free_task(task);
--
2.43.0