Re: [Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH iwl-net] ice: fix missing dpll notification for SW pins

[Simon Horman <horms@kernel.org>]

On Wed, Feb 18, 2026 at 10:14:14PM +0100, Petr Oros wrote:
> ice_dpll_notify_changes() sends dpll_pin_change_ntf() only for the
> direct CGU input pin stored in d->active_input. Software-controlled
> pins (SMA/U.FL) are separate dpll_pin objects that wrap a backing CGU
> input, but they never receive a change notification. As a result,
> userspace consumers such as synce4l that monitor SMA pins via dpll
> netlink never learn when the pin state transitions (e.g. from
> SELECTABLE to CONNECTED), even though 'dpll pin show' reports the
> correct state on demand.
> 
> When the active input changes, also send dpll_pin_change_ntf() for any
> registered SMA/U.FL input pin whose backing CGU input matches the old
> or new active input.
> 
> Fixes: 2dd5d03c77e2 ("ice: redesign dpll sma/u.fl pins control")
> Signed-off-by: Petr Oros <poros@redhat.com>
> ---
>  drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_dpll.c | 18 ++++++++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 18 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_dpll.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_dpll.c
> index c2ad39bfe177db..6f855fe4c78d62 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_dpll.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_dpll.c
> @@ -2470,13 +2470,17 @@ static u64 ice_generate_clock_id(struct ice_pf *pf)
>   */
>  static void ice_dpll_notify_changes(struct ice_dpll *d)
>  {
> +	struct ice_dplls *dplls = &d->pf->dplls;
>  	bool pin_notified = false;
> +	int i;
>  
>  	if (d->prev_dpll_state != d->dpll_state) {
>  		d->prev_dpll_state = d->dpll_state;
>  		dpll_device_change_ntf(d->dpll);
>  	}
>  	if (d->prev_input != d->active_input) {
> +		struct dpll_pin *old = d->prev_input;

nit: For consistency I think you can reduce the scope of i to this block.
     Or even declare it inside for().

> +
>  		if (d->prev_input)
>  			dpll_pin_change_ntf(d->prev_input);
>  		d->prev_input = d->active_input;
> @@ -2484,6 +2488,20 @@ static void ice_dpll_notify_changes(struct ice_dpll *d)
>  			dpll_pin_change_ntf(d->active_input);
>  			pin_notified = true;
>  		}
> +		for (i = 0; i < ICE_DPLL_PIN_SW_NUM; i++) {
> +			if (dplls->sma[i].pin &&
> +			    dplls->sma[i].direction ==
> +			    DPLL_PIN_DIRECTION_INPUT &&
> +			    (dplls->sma[i].input->pin == d->active_input ||
> +			     dplls->sma[i].input->pin == old))
> +				dpll_pin_change_ntf(dplls->sma[i].pin);
> +			if (dplls->ufl[i].pin &&
> +			    dplls->ufl[i].direction ==
> +			    DPLL_PIN_DIRECTION_INPUT &&
> +			    (dplls->ufl[i].input->pin == d->active_input ||
> +			     dplls->ufl[i].input->pin == old))
> +				dpll_pin_change_ntf(dplls->ufl[i].pin);

The condition above is pretty dense. And repeated.
I wonder if a helper would improve readability here.

> +		}
>  	}
>  	if (d->prev_phase_offset != d->phase_offset) {
>  		d->prev_phase_offset = d->phase_offset;
> -- 
> 2.52.0
>