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

[Stefan Wahren]

Am 22.12.22 um 03:26 schrieb Matthias Kaehlcke:
> 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@xxxxxxxx/
> Reported-by: Stefan Wahren <stefan.wahren@xxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Matthias Kaehlcke <mka@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Tested-by: Stefan Wahren <stefan.wahren@xxxxxxxx>