linux-kernel - Re: [v2] musb: omap2430: do not assume balanced enable()/disable()

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Date:   Fri, 9 Sep 2016 14:33:42 -0700
From:   Tony Lindgren <tony@...mide.com>
To:     Andreas Kemnade <andreas@...nade.info>
Cc:     Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@...asonboard.com>,
        Bin Liu <b-liu@...com>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        linux-usb@...r.kernel.org, linux-omap@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [v2] musb: omap2430: do not assume balanced enable()/disable()

* Andreas Kemnade <andreas@...nade.info> [160909 14:22]:
> On Fri, 9 Sep 2016 13:51:04 -0700
> Tony Lindgren <tony@...mide.com> wrote:
> > Well for the phy-twl4030-usb.c, AFAIK the right fix is to fix the PHY
> > driver as done in "[PATCH v2] phy-twl4030-usb: initialize
> > charging-related stuff via pm_runtime". I suspect something similar
> > is happening here also with the omap4 legacy phy.
> > 
> No, the fix is for making charging work independant of musb.
> Gadget is working because charging is enabled and enables all parts in
> the phy needed for it. And you can charge without musb (only musb_hdrc
> for the mailbox but not the omap2430 glue module).

Oh right.

> We have two independant things:
> 1. phy-twl4030-usb (and perhaps others) do not enable
>   the phy enough to allow charging on pm_runtime_get().
>   That is fixed by my phy-related patches.

OK

> 2. phy_power_off/on() in called in an unbalanced way if
>    it is called behind musb_platform_enable()/disable()
>    as it happens in omap2430.c. Two ways to fix it:
>    a) prevent phy_power_off()/on() to be called in
>       an unbalanced way in omap240.c
>    b) prevent musb_platform_enable()
> 	      musb_platform_disable() to be called in an
> 	      unbalanced way by fixing musb_core.c
> 
> Fixing 1. is enough on gta04 to fix charging and hide 2. enough to
> have gadget working for the most common usecases. (not using
> twl4030-charger would not work yet)
> But in the longer term 2. has to be fixed too.

Sounds like option 2b here is the real fix.

Regards,

Tony