linux-kernel - [PATCH v2 6/6] net: mdiobus: Set FWNODE_FLAG_NEEDS_CHILD_BOUND_ON

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Date:   Wed, 15 Sep 2021 01:11:38 -0700
From:   Saravana Kannan <saravanak@...gle.com>
To:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@...nel.org>,
        Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>,
        Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@...il.com>,
        Russell King <linux@...linux.org.uk>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>, Len Brown <lenb@...nel.org>,
        Saravana Kannan <saravanak@...gle.com>
Cc:     John Stultz <john.stultz@...aro.org>,
        Marek Szyprowski <m.szyprowski@...sung.com>,
        Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>,
        Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>,
        Vladimir Oltean <olteanv@...il.com>, kernel-team@...roid.com,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH v2 6/6] net: mdiobus: Set FWNODE_FLAG_NEEDS_CHILD_BOUND_ON_ADD
 for mdiobus parents

There are many instances of PHYs that depend on a switch to supply a
resource (Eg: interrupts). Switches also expects the PHYs to be probed
by their specific drivers as soon as they are added. If that doesn't
happen, then the switch would force the use of generic PHY drivers for
the PHY even if the PHY might have specific driver available.

fw_devlink=on by design can cause delayed probes of PHY. To avoid, this
we need to set the FWNODE_FLAG_NEEDS_CHILD_BOUND_ON_ADD for the switch's
fwnode before the PHYs are added. The most generic way to do this is to
set this flag for the parent of MDIO busses which is typically the
switch.

For more context:
https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/YTll0i6Rz3WAAYzs@lunn.ch/#t

Suggested-by: Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
Signed-off-by: Saravana Kannan <saravanak@...gle.com>
---
 drivers/net/phy/mdio_bus.c | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/net/phy/mdio_bus.c b/drivers/net/phy/mdio_bus.c
index 53f034fc2ef7..ee8313a4ac71 100644
--- a/drivers/net/phy/mdio_bus.c
+++ b/drivers/net/phy/mdio_bus.c
@@ -525,6 +525,10 @@ int __mdiobus_register(struct mii_bus *bus, struct module *owner)
 	    NULL == bus->read || NULL == bus->write)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
+	if (bus->parent && bus->parent->of_node)
+		bus->parent->of_node->fwnode.flags |=
+					FWNODE_FLAG_NEEDS_CHILD_BOUND_ON_ADD;
+
 	BUG_ON(bus->state != MDIOBUS_ALLOCATED &&
 	       bus->state != MDIOBUS_UNREGISTERED);
 
-- 
2.33.0.309.g3052b89438-goog