[PATCH net-next v2 2/4] driver core: factor sync-state-only link cleanup

From
James Hilliard <james.hilliard1@gmail.com>
Date
2026-08-17 00:00:39
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Reply to
James Hilliard, 2026-08-17
device_links_driver_bound() drops managed sync-state-only links after a
consumer successfully probes, then re-evaluates each affected supplier
for a sync_state() callback.

Frameworks which populate child devices below a driverless device need
to complete the same lifecycle step, but cannot rely on a successful
driver probe to trigger it.

Factor the existing cleanup into a lock-held helper and reuse it from
device_links_driver_bound(). Add a public locking wrapper so frameworks
which populate children below driverless devices can retire temporary
fw_devlink proxy links without affecting real dependency or runtime-PM
links.

Signed-off-by: James Hilliard <james.hilliard1@gmail.com>
---
 drivers/base/core.c    | 74 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------------
 include/linux/device.h |  1 +
 2 files changed, 58 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/base/core.c b/drivers/base/core.c
index 4d026682944f..627fcfa274f0 100644
--- a/drivers/base/core.c
+++ b/drivers/base/core.c
@@ -1305,6 +1305,57 @@ static void device_link_drop_managed(struct device_link *link)
 	kref_put(&link->kref, __device_link_del);
 }
 
+/* Caller must hold the device links write lock. */
+static void __device_links_drop_sync_state_only(struct device *dev,
+						struct list_head *sync_list)
+{
+	struct device_link *link, *ln;
+
+	list_for_each_entry_safe(link, ln, &dev->links.suppliers, c_node) {
+		struct device *supplier;
+
+		if (!device_link_test(link, DL_FLAG_MANAGED) ||
+		    !device_link_test(link, DL_FLAG_SYNC_STATE_ONLY))
+			continue;
+
+		/*
+		 * DL_FLAG_SYNC_STATE_ONLY excludes all other managed link flags,
+		 * so it is safe to drop the managed link completely.
+		 */
+		supplier = link->supplier;
+		device_link_drop_managed(link);
+
+		if (defer_sync_state_count)
+			__device_links_supplier_defer_sync(supplier);
+		else
+			__device_links_queue_sync_state(supplier, sync_list);
+	}
+}
+
+/**
+ * device_links_drop_sync_state_only - Drop managed sync-state-only links
+ * @dev: Consumer device whose proxy links should be dropped
+ *
+ * Frameworks which populate child devices below a driverless device can call
+ * this after adding all of the children. The children will have acquired their
+ * own links by then, so the temporary links which only prevent suppliers from
+ * receiving sync_state() callbacks are no longer needed.
+ *
+ * Re-evaluate each affected supplier for a sync_state() callback after its
+ * link is dropped.
+ */
+void device_links_drop_sync_state_only(struct device *dev)
+{
+	LIST_HEAD(sync_list);
+
+	device_links_write_lock();
+	__device_links_drop_sync_state_only(dev, &sync_list);
+	device_links_write_unlock();
+
+	device_links_flush_sync_list(&sync_list, NULL);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(device_links_drop_sync_state_only);
+
 static ssize_t waiting_for_supplier_show(struct device *dev,
 					 const struct device_attribute *attr,
 					 char *buf)
@@ -1418,6 +1469,8 @@ void device_links_driver_bound(struct device *dev)
 	else
 		__device_links_queue_sync_state(dev, &sync_list);
 
+	__device_links_drop_sync_state_only(dev, &sync_list);
+
 	list_for_each_entry_safe(link, ln, &dev->links.suppliers, c_node) {
 		struct device *supplier;
 
@@ -1425,17 +1478,10 @@ void device_links_driver_bound(struct device *dev)
 			continue;
 
 		supplier = link->supplier;
-		if (device_link_test(link, DL_FLAG_SYNC_STATE_ONLY)) {
-			/*
-			 * When DL_FLAG_SYNC_STATE_ONLY is set, it means no
-			 * other DL_MANAGED_LINK_FLAGS have been set. So, it's
-			 * save to drop the managed link completely.
-			 */
-			device_link_drop_managed(link);
-		} else if (dev_is_best_effort(dev) &&
-			   device_link_test(link, DL_FLAG_INFERRED) &&
-			   link->status != DL_STATE_CONSUMER_PROBE &&
-			   !dev_can_match(link->supplier)) {
+		if (dev_is_best_effort(dev) &&
+		    device_link_test(link, DL_FLAG_INFERRED) &&
+		    link->status != DL_STATE_CONSUMER_PROBE &&
+		    !dev_can_match(link->supplier)) {
 			/*
 			 * When dev_is_best_effort() is true, we ignore device
 			 * links to suppliers that don't have a driver.  If the
@@ -1449,12 +1495,6 @@ void device_links_driver_bound(struct device *dev)
 			WRITE_ONCE(link->status, DL_STATE_ACTIVE);
 		}
 
-		/*
-		 * This needs to be done even for the deleted
-		 * DL_FLAG_SYNC_STATE_ONLY device link in case it was the last
-		 * device link that was preventing the supplier from getting a
-		 * sync_state() call.
-		 */
 		if (defer_sync_state_count)
 			__device_links_supplier_defer_sync(supplier);
 		else
diff --git a/include/linux/device.h b/include/linux/device.h
index aee79fd6b32b..8afb9f2b0d82 100644
--- a/include/linux/device.h
+++ b/include/linux/device.h
@@ -1381,6 +1381,7 @@ struct device_link *device_link_add(struct device *consumer,
 				    struct device *supplier, u32 flags);
 void device_link_del(struct device_link *link);
 void device_link_remove(void *consumer, struct device *supplier);
+void device_links_drop_sync_state_only(struct device *dev);
 void device_links_supplier_sync_state_pause(void);
 void device_links_supplier_sync_state_resume(void);
 void device_link_wait_removal(void);
-- 
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