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Message-ID: <58d5f774-f0a5-419b-bea6-118cb98c944e@linaro.org>
Date: Thu, 2 Oct 2025 09:26:47 +0200
From: Neil Armstrong <neil.armstrong@...aro.org>
To: Rob Herring <robh@...nel.org>,
Dmitry Baryshkov <dmitry.baryshkov@....qualcomm.com>
Cc: Vinod Koul <vkoul@...nel.org>, Kishon Vijay Abraham I
<kishon@...nel.org>, Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk+dt@...nel.org>,
Conor Dooley <conor+dt@...nel.org>,
Konrad Dybcio <konrad.dybcio@....qualcomm.com>,
Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk@...nel.org>, linux-arm-msm@...r.kernel.org,
linux-phy@...ts.infradead.org, devicetree@...r.kernel.org,
linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] dt-bindings: phy: qcom,sc8280xp-qmp-usb43dp: do not
reference whole usb-switch.yaml
On 10/1/25 18:31, Rob Herring wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 30, 2025 at 10:10:25PM +0300, Dmitry Baryshkov wrote:
>> On Fri, Sep 05, 2025 at 12:55:33PM -0500, Rob Herring wrote:
>>> On Tue, Sep 02, 2025 at 06:10:05PM +0200, Neil Armstrong wrote:
>>>> Both bindings describe a different layout of the ports properties,
>>>> leading to errors when validating DT using this PHY bindings as
>>>> reported by Rob Herring.
>>>>
>>>> Reported-by: Rob Herring <robh@...nel.org>
>>>> Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/all/175462129176.394940.16810637795278334342.robh@kernel.org/
>>>> Fixes: 3bad7fe22796 ("dt-bindings: phy: qcom,sc8280xp-qmp-usb43dp: Reference usb-switch.yaml to allow mode-switch")
>>>> Signed-off-by: Neil Armstrong <neil.armstrong@...aro.org>
>>>> ---
>>>> .../devicetree/bindings/phy/qcom,sc8280xp-qmp-usb43dp-phy.yaml | 8 +++++---
>>>> 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>>>>
>>>> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/phy/qcom,sc8280xp-qmp-usb43dp-phy.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/phy/qcom,sc8280xp-qmp-usb43dp-phy.yaml
>>>> index c8bc512df08b5694c8599f475de78679a4438449..5005514d7c3a1e4a8893883497fd204bc04e12be 100644
>>>> --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/phy/qcom,sc8280xp-qmp-usb43dp-phy.yaml
>>>> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/phy/qcom,sc8280xp-qmp-usb43dp-phy.yaml
>>>> @@ -73,8 +73,11 @@ properties:
>>>> description:
>>>> See include/dt-bindings/phy/phy-qcom-qmp.h
>>>>
>>>> - mode-switch: true
>>>> - orientation-switch: true
>>>> + mode-switch:
>>>> + $ref: /schemas/usb/usb-switch.yaml#properties/mode-switch
>>>> +
>>>> + orientation-switch:
>>>> + $ref: /schemas/usb/usb-switch.yaml#properties/orientation-switch
>
> Looking at this again, this isn't even correct and I don't think it
> works. It's missing a '/' and should be ...#/properties/... to be a
> valid json pointer.
>
> I thought we checked this...
>
>>>
>>> This is a pattern we try to avoid with references at a property level. I
>>> prefer you make port and ports not required in usb-switch.yaml.
>>
>> But this solution is also not perfect. E.g.
>> Documentation/devicetree/bindings/phy/fsl,imx8mq-usb-phy.yaml should
>> only allow the orienttion-switch property, while using
>> allOf:$ref:usb-switch.yaml allows all three (orientation-switch,
>> mode-switch, retimer-switch).
>
> That can be handled like this:
>
> $ref: usb-switch.yaml
> properties:
> orientation-switch: true
> additionalProperties: false
>
> Though if you need unevaluatedProperties for some other reason, then
> that won't enforce it and it's just documentation. In that case, then
> perhaps usb-switch.yaml is not the right granularity and should be split
> up.
I did a split up at:
https://lore.kernel.org/all/20250930-topic-sm8x50-fix-qmp-usb43dp-usb-switch-v1-1-060568de9538@linaro.org/
>
> I put this into the category of "this is the least of our problems". I'm
> not that interested in enforcing what common properties a device uses or
> not. It's undocumented properties I'm worried about or lack of
> constraints (on reg, clocks, interrupts, etc.).
Thanks for the comment, I'll have a look if this would work.
Thanks,
Neil
>
> Rob
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