linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v1 1/1] usb: ulpi: defer ulpi_register on ulpi_read

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Date:   Thu, 10 Nov 2022 15:06:21 +0200
From:   Heikki Krogerus <heikki.krogerus@...ux.intel.com>
To:     Ferry Toth <ftoth@...londelft.nl>
Cc:     linux-usb@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Thinh Nguyen <Thinh.Nguyen@...opsys.com>,
        Sean Anderson <sean.anderson@...o.com>,
        Liu Shixin <liushixin2@...wei.com>,
        Stephen Boyd <stephen.boyd@...aro.org>,
        Andrey Smirnov <andrew.smirnov@...il.com>,
        Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v1 1/1] usb: ulpi: defer ulpi_register on ulpi_read_id
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On Wed, Nov 09, 2022 at 11:17:49PM +0100, Ferry Toth wrote:
> Since commit 0f010171
> Dual Role support on Intel Merrifield platform broke due to rearranging
> the call to dwc3_get_extcon().
> 
> It appears to be caused by ulpi_read_id() on the first test write failing
> with -ETIMEDOUT. Currently ulpi_read_id() expects to discover the phy via
> DT when the test write fails and returns 0 in that case even if DT does not
> provide the phy. Due to the timeout being masked dwc3 probe continues by
> calling dwc3_core_soft_reset() followed by dwc3_get_extcon() which happens
> to return -EPROBE_DEFER. On deferred probe ulpi_read_id() finally succeeds.
> 
> This patch changes ulpi_read_id() to return -ETIMEDOUT when it occurs and
> catches the error in dwc3_core_init(). It handles the error by calling
> dwc3_core_soft_reset() after which it requests -EPROBE_DEFER. On deferred
> probe ulpi_read_id() again succeeds.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Ferry Toth <ftoth@...londelft.nl>
> ---
>  drivers/usb/common/ulpi.c | 5 +++--
>  drivers/usb/dwc3/core.c   | 5 ++++-
>  2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/usb/common/ulpi.c b/drivers/usb/common/ulpi.c
> index d7c8461976ce..d8f22bc2f9d0 100644
> --- a/drivers/usb/common/ulpi.c
> +++ b/drivers/usb/common/ulpi.c
> @@ -206,8 +206,9 @@ static int ulpi_read_id(struct ulpi *ulpi)
>  
>  	/* Test the interface */
>  	ret = ulpi_write(ulpi, ULPI_SCRATCH, 0xaa);
> -	if (ret < 0)
> -		goto err;
> +	if (ret < 0) {
> +		return ret;
> +	}

No need for the curly brackets.

thanks,

-- 
heikki