RE: RE: [PATCH v6 1/2] usb: dwc3: add Realtek DHC RTD SoC dwc3 glue layer driver

[Stanley Chang[昌育德]]

Hi Christophe,

> Le 01/11/2023 à 07:27, Stanley Chang[昌育德] a écrit :
> > Hi CJ,
> >
> > I think these functions are not needed in remove function.
> >
> > In dwc3_rtk_probe_dwc3_core,
> > I have used
> > dwc3_node = of_get_compatible_child(node, "snps,dwc3"); and dwc3_pdev
> > = of_find_device_by_node(dwc3_node);
> >
> > So, I call these put functions.
> > platform_device_put(dwc3_pdev);
> > of_node_put(dwc3_node);
> 
> Yes, but you call it only in the error handling path of the function.
> 
> I wonder if they should also be called in the remove function in order to
> decrement the ref-counted reference.
> 
> 
> Same in __get_dwc3_maximum_speed(), the reference taken by:
>     dwc3_np = of_get_compatible_child(np, "snps,dwc3"); is never released.
> 
> 
> See the comment at [1] to see what I mean.
> 
> 
> [1]: https://elixir.bootlin.com/linux/v6.6/source/drivers/of/base.c#L681

You are right!
For dwc3_pdev, dwc3_np or dwc3_node, I should add of_node_put to release them when the function exits. 
https://elixir.bootlin.com/linux/v6.5.10/source/drivers/usb/dwc3/dwc3-meson-g12a.c#L567

I will add a patch to fix this.

For example,
diff --git a/drivers/usb/dwc3/dwc3-rtk.c b/drivers/usb/dwc3/dwc3-rtk.c
index 590028e8fdcb..9d6f2a8bd6ce 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/dwc3/dwc3-rtk.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/dwc3/dwc3-rtk.c
@@ -187,6 +187,7 @@ static enum usb_device_speed __get_dwc3_maximum_speed(struct device_node *np)

        ret = match_string(speed_names, ARRAY_SIZE(speed_names), maximum_speed);

+       of_node_put(dwc3_np);
        return (ret < 0) ? USB_SPEED_UNKNOWN : ret;
 }

@@ -339,6 +340,8 @@ static int dwc3_rtk_probe_dwc3_core(struct dwc3_rtk *rtk)

        switch_usb2_role(rtk, rtk->cur_role);

+       platform_device_put(dwc3_pdev);
+       of_node_put(dwc3_node);
        return 0;

 err_pdev_put:


Thanks,
Stanley

> CJ
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Stanley
> >
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> Is something like
> >>          platform_device_put(dwc3_pdev);
> >>          of_node_put(dwc3_node);
> >> needed in the remove function?
> >>
> >> (as done in the error handling path of dwc3_rtk_probe_dwc3_core())
> >>
> >> Or should it be added at the end of dwc3_rtk_probe_dwc3_core() if the
> >> reference are nor needed anymore when we leave the function?
> >>
> >> CJ
> >>
> >>> +     of_platform_depopulate(rtk->dev); }
> >>> +
> >>
> >> ...
> >