Hi!

> [ Upstream commit 0020f5c807ef67954d9210eea0ba17a6134cdf7d ]
> 
> The driver may sleep with holding a spinlock.
> The function call paths (from bottom to top) in Linux-4.17 are:
> 
> [FUNC] usleep_range
> drivers/net/ethernet/socionext/sni_ave.c, 892:
> 	usleep_range in ave_rxfifo_reset
> drivers/net/ethernet/socionext/sni_ave.c, 932:
> 	ave_rxfifo_reset in ave_irq_handler
> 
> [FUNC] usleep_range
> drivers/net/ethernet/socionext/sni_ave.c, 888:
> 	usleep_range in ave_rxfifo_reset
> drivers/net/ethernet/socionext/sni_ave.c, 932:
> 	ave_rxfifo_reset in ave_irq_handler
> 
> To fix these bugs, usleep_range() is replaced with udelay().

I don't believe this is serious enough for -stable, but more
importantly:

> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/socionext/sni_ave.c
> @@ -906,11 +906,11 @@ static void ave_rxfifo_reset(struct net_device *ndev)
>  
>  	/* assert reset */
>  	writel(AVE_GRR_RXFFR, priv->base + AVE_GRR);
> -	usleep_range(40, 50);
> +	udelay(50);
>  
>  	/* negate reset */
>  	writel(0, priv->base + AVE_GRR);
> -	usleep_range(10, 20);
> +	udelay(20);
>

udelay(40) / udelay(10) should be enough here.

Best regards,
									Pavel
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