linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] usb: misc: onboard_usb_hub: Don't create platform devices for DT nodes without 'vdd-supply'

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Message-ID: <Y6PwDC0fRi+Volne@kroah.com>
Date:   Thu, 22 Dec 2022 06:50:04 +0100
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Matthias Kaehlcke <mka@...omium.org>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-usb@...r.kernel.org,
        Stefan Wahren <stefan.wahren@...e.com>, stable@...r.kernel.org,
        Douglas Anderson <dianders@...omium.org>,
        Ravi Chandra Sadineni <ravisadineni@...omium.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] usb: misc: onboard_usb_hub: Don't create platform
 devices for DT nodes without 'vdd-supply'

On Thu, Dec 22, 2022 at 02:26:44AM +0000, Matthias Kaehlcke wrote:
> The primary task of the onboard_usb_hub driver is to control the
> power of an onboard USB hub. The driver gets the regulator from the
> device tree property "vdd-supply" of the hub's DT node. Some boards
> have device tree nodes for USB hubs supported by this driver, but
> don't specify a "vdd-supply". This is not an error per se, it just
> means that the onboard hub driver can't be used for these hubs, so
> don't create platform devices for such nodes.
> 
> This change doesn't completely fix the reported regression. It
> should fix it for the RPi 3 B Plus and boards with similar hub
> configurations (compatible DT nodes without "vdd-supply"), boards
> that actually use the onboard hub driver could still be impacted
> by the race conditions discussed in that thread. Not creating the
> platform devices for nodes without "vdd-supply" is the right
> thing to do, independently from the race condition, which will
> be fixed in future patch.
> 
> Fixes: 8bc063641ceb ("usb: misc: Add onboard_usb_hub driver")
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/d04bcc45-3471-4417-b30b-5cf9880d785d@i2se.com/
> Reported-by: Stefan Wahren <stefan.wahren@...e.com>
> Signed-off-by: Matthias Kaehlcke <mka@...omium.org>
> ---
> 
> Changes in v2:
> - don't create platform devices when "vdd-supply" is missing,
>   rather than returning an error from _find_onboard_hub()
> - check for "vdd-supply" not "vdd" (Johan)
> - updated subject and commit message
> - added 'Link' tag (regzbot)
> 
>  drivers/usb/misc/onboard_usb_hub_pdevs.c | 13 +++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 13 insertions(+)
> 

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This is not the correct way to submit patches for inclusion in the
stable kernel tree.  Please read:
    https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/stable-kernel-rules.html
for how to do this properly.

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