[PATCH net-next v5 01/11] net: stmmac: move XPCS lifetime management to platform drivers
From: Coia Prant <hidden>
Date: 2026-09-13 18:59:26
Also in:
linux-arm-kernel, linux-phy, linux-renesas-soc, linux-rockchip, lkml, netdev
Subsystem:
arm/socfpga dwmac glue layer, networking drivers, renesas rz/n1 dwmac glue layer, renesas rz/v2h(p) dwmac gbeth glue layer driver, stmmac ethernet driver, the rest · Maintainers:
Maxime Chevallier, Andrew Lunn, "David S. Miller", Eric Dumazet, Jakub Kicinski, Paolo Abeni, Romain Gantois, Lad Prabhakar, Linus Torvalds
The current XPCS creation logic in stmmac_pcs_setup() is problematic
for several reasons.
First, if a device tree specifies a "pcs-handle" but no select_pcs()
callback is provided by the platform driver, the created XPCS is never
used. The phylink framework requires select_pcs() to actually return
the PCS to the core, so the pcs-handle property becomes effectively
useless without the matching callback. This is confusing for developers
who expect that specifying a pcs-handle in their device tree should be
sufficient to enable the PCS.
Second, and more critically, when a platform driver sets pcs_init()
and creates an XPCS inside that callback, the common code afterwards
still runs unconditionally and overwrites priv->hw->xpcs with the
local xpcs variable, which stays NULL. The platform driver has no way
to prevent this override because the common code runs after the
platform-specific initialization.
After commit 93f84152e4ae ("net: stmmac: clean up
stmmac_mac_select_pcs()"), the common code no longer falls back to
priv->hw->phylink_pcs if select_pcs() is not set. This change
reinforces that each platform must manage its own PCS life cycle
explicitly, but the XPCS creation code in stmmac_pcs_setup() was not
updated to match this new expectation, leaving a gap where platform
drivers have no clean way to take control of XPCS creation.
Address all of these issues by simplifying the existing pcs_init() and
pcs_exit() dispatch in stmmac_pcs_setup() and stmmac_pcs_clean(). The
common stmmac_pcs_setup() now calls plat->pcs_init() if present, and
stmmac_pcs_clean() calls plat->pcs_exit() if present, removing the
confusing and error-prone XPCS creation logic from the common code.
Platforms that do not need an XPCS simply leave the callbacks as NULL
and no change in behavior occurs. Platforms that do need an XPCS can
now create it with the exact configuration they require, including
wrapping it with custom phylink_pcs_ops when necessary.
The Intel mGbE glue is updated to create its XPCS inside its own
pcs_init() implementation, and the renesas-gbeth, rzn1 and socfpga
pcs_exit() callbacks now explicitly clear priv->hw->phylink_pcs after
destroying the PCS to avoid dangling pointer references.
Reviewed-by: Maxime Chevallier <maxime.chevallier@bootlin.com>
Signed-off-by: Coia Prant <redacted>
---
.../net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac-intel.c | 44 +++++++++++++++++--
.../stmicro/stmmac/dwmac-renesas-gbeth.c | 7 ++-
.../net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac-rzn1.c | 7 ++-
.../ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac-socfpga.c | 7 ++-
.../net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_mdio.c | 39 +++-------------
5 files changed, 62 insertions(+), 42 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac-intel.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac-intel.c
index f5f9fa67ecd77..4308dccbf2570 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac-intel.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac-intel.c@@ -603,13 +603,47 @@ static void common_default_data(struct plat_stmmacenet_data *plat) plat->mdio_bus_data->needs_reset = true; } +static int intel_mgbe_pcs_init(struct stmmac_priv *priv) +{ + struct fwnode_handle *devnode, *pcsnode; + struct dw_xpcs *xpcs; + int addr; + + devnode = dev_fwnode(priv->device); + + if (fwnode_property_present(devnode, "pcs-handle")) { + pcsnode = fwnode_find_reference(devnode, "pcs-handle", 0); + xpcs = xpcs_create_fwnode(pcsnode); + fwnode_handle_put(pcsnode); + } else { + addr = ffs(priv->plat->mdio_bus_data->pcs_mask) - 1; + xpcs = xpcs_create_mdiodev(priv->mii, addr); + } + + if (IS_ERR(xpcs)) + return PTR_ERR(xpcs); + + xpcs_config_eee_mult_fact(xpcs, priv->plat->mult_fact_100ns); + + priv->hw->xpcs = xpcs; + return 0; +} + +static void intel_mgbe_pcs_exit(struct stmmac_priv *priv) +{ + if (!priv->hw->xpcs) + return; + + xpcs_destroy(priv->hw->xpcs); + priv->hw->xpcs = NULL; +} + static struct phylink_pcs *intel_mgbe_select_pcs(struct stmmac_priv *priv, phy_interface_t interface) { - /* plat->mdio_bus_data->has_xpcs has been set true, so there - * should always be an XPCS. The original code would always - * return this if present. - */ + if (!priv->hw->xpcs) + return NULL; + return xpcs_to_phylink_pcs(priv->hw->xpcs); }
@@ -733,6 +767,8 @@ static int intel_mgbe_common_data(struct pci_dev *pdev, plat->phy_interface == PHY_INTERFACE_MODE_1000BASEX) { plat->mdio_bus_data->pcs_mask = BIT_U32(INTEL_MGBE_XPCS_ADDR); plat->default_an_inband = true; + plat->pcs_init = intel_mgbe_pcs_init; + plat->pcs_exit = intel_mgbe_pcs_exit; plat->select_pcs = intel_mgbe_select_pcs; }
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac-renesas-gbeth.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac-renesas-gbeth.c
index 19f34e18bfef2..9af32c26f9c14 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac-renesas-gbeth.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac-renesas-gbeth.c@@ -81,8 +81,11 @@ static int renesas_gmac_pcs_init(struct stmmac_priv *priv) static void renesas_gmac_pcs_exit(struct stmmac_priv *priv) { - if (priv->hw->phylink_pcs) - miic_destroy(priv->hw->phylink_pcs); + if (!priv->hw->phylink_pcs) + return; + + miic_destroy(priv->hw->phylink_pcs); + priv->hw->phylink_pcs = NULL; } static struct phylink_pcs *renesas_gmac_select_pcs(struct stmmac_priv *priv,
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac-rzn1.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac-rzn1.c
index 13634965bc19a..01df4776edb3f 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac-rzn1.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac-rzn1.c@@ -35,8 +35,11 @@ static int rzn1_dwmac_pcs_init(struct stmmac_priv *priv) static void rzn1_dwmac_pcs_exit(struct stmmac_priv *priv) { - if (priv->hw->phylink_pcs) - miic_destroy(priv->hw->phylink_pcs); + if (!priv->hw->phylink_pcs) + return; + + miic_destroy(priv->hw->phylink_pcs); + priv->hw->phylink_pcs = NULL; } static struct phylink_pcs *rzn1_dwmac_select_pcs(struct stmmac_priv *priv,
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac-socfpga.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac-socfpga.c
index 1d7f0a57d2889..6d4bc1fe8f751 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac-socfpga.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac-socfpga.c@@ -539,8 +539,11 @@ static int socfpga_dwmac_pcs_init(struct stmmac_priv *priv) static void socfpga_dwmac_pcs_exit(struct stmmac_priv *priv) { - if (priv->hw->phylink_pcs) - lynx_pcs_destroy(priv->hw->phylink_pcs); + if (!priv->hw->phylink_pcs) + return; + + lynx_pcs_destroy(priv->hw->phylink_pcs); + priv->hw->phylink_pcs = NULL; } static struct phylink_pcs *socfpga_dwmac_select_pcs(struct stmmac_priv *priv,
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_mdio.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_mdio.c
index afe98ff5bdcb0..7396b68899c66 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_mdio.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_mdio.c@@ -426,35 +426,14 @@ int stmmac_mdio_reset(struct mii_bus *bus) int stmmac_pcs_setup(struct net_device *ndev) { struct stmmac_priv *priv = netdev_priv(ndev); - struct fwnode_handle *devnode, *pcsnode; - struct dw_xpcs *xpcs = NULL; - int addr, ret; - - devnode = dev_fwnode(priv->device); - - if (priv->plat->pcs_init) { - ret = priv->plat->pcs_init(priv); - } else if (fwnode_property_present(devnode, "pcs-handle")) { - pcsnode = fwnode_find_reference(devnode, "pcs-handle", 0); - xpcs = xpcs_create_fwnode(pcsnode); - fwnode_handle_put(pcsnode); - ret = PTR_ERR_OR_ZERO(xpcs); - } else if (priv->plat->mdio_bus_data && - priv->plat->mdio_bus_data->pcs_mask) { - addr = ffs(priv->plat->mdio_bus_data->pcs_mask) - 1; - xpcs = xpcs_create_mdiodev(priv->mii, addr); - ret = PTR_ERR_OR_ZERO(xpcs); - } else { + int ret; + + if (!priv->plat->pcs_init) return 0; - } + ret = priv->plat->pcs_init(priv); if (ret) - return dev_err_probe(priv->device, ret, "No xPCS found\n"); - - if (xpcs) - xpcs_config_eee_mult_fact(xpcs, priv->plat->mult_fact_100ns); - - priv->hw->xpcs = xpcs; + return dev_err_probe(priv->device, ret, "Failed to initialize PCS\n"); return 0; }
@@ -463,14 +442,10 @@ void stmmac_pcs_clean(struct net_device *ndev) { struct stmmac_priv *priv = netdev_priv(ndev); - if (priv->plat->pcs_exit) - priv->plat->pcs_exit(priv); - - if (!priv->hw->xpcs) + if (!priv->plat->pcs_exit) return; - xpcs_destroy(priv->hw->xpcs); - priv->hw->xpcs = NULL; + priv->plat->pcs_exit(priv); } struct stmmac_clk_rate {
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