Re: [PATCH 6/6] phy: qcom-qmp-combo: fix type-c switch registration

[Bjorn Andersson]

On Sat, Feb 17, 2024 at 04:02:28PM +0100, Johan Hovold wrote:
> Due to a long-standing issue in driver core, drivers may not probe defer
> after having registered child devices to avoid triggering a probe
> deferral loop (see fbc35b45f9f6 ("Add documentation on meaning of
> -EPROBE_DEFER")).
> 
> Move registration of the typec switch to after looking up clocks and
> other resources.
> 
> Note that PHY creation can in theory also trigger a probe deferral when
> a 'phy' supply is used. This does not seem to affect the QMP PHY driver
> but the PHY subsystem should be reworked to address this (i.e. by
> separating initialisation and registration of the PHY).
> 
> Fixes: 2851117f8f42 ("phy: qcom-qmp-combo: Introduce orientation switching")
> Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx      # 6.5
> Cc: Bjorn Andersson <quic_bjorande@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Johan Hovold <johan+linaro@xxxxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Bjorn Andersson <andersson@xxxxxxxxxx>

Regards,
Bjorn

> ---
>  drivers/phy/qualcomm/phy-qcom-qmp-combo.c | 8 ++++----
>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/phy/qualcomm/phy-qcom-qmp-combo.c b/drivers/phy/qualcomm/phy-qcom-qmp-combo.c
> index e19d6a084f10..17c4ad7553a5 100644
> --- a/drivers/phy/qualcomm/phy-qcom-qmp-combo.c
> +++ b/drivers/phy/qualcomm/phy-qcom-qmp-combo.c
> @@ -3562,10 +3562,6 @@ static int qmp_combo_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
>  	if (ret)
>  		return ret;
>  
> -	ret = qmp_combo_typec_switch_register(qmp);
> -	if (ret)
> -		return ret;
> -
>  	/* Check for legacy binding with child nodes. */
>  	usb_np = of_get_child_by_name(dev->of_node, "usb3-phy");
>  	if (usb_np) {
> @@ -3585,6 +3581,10 @@ static int qmp_combo_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
>  	if (ret)
>  		goto err_node_put;
>  
> +	ret = qmp_combo_typec_switch_register(qmp);
> +	if (ret)
> +		goto err_node_put;
> +
>  	ret = drm_aux_bridge_register(dev);
>  	if (ret)
>  		goto err_node_put;
> -- 
> 2.43.0
>