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From: Zxyan Zhu <zxyan0222@gmail.com>
To: netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Cc: linux-stm32@st-md-mailman.stormreply.com,
	linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org,
	Andrew Lunn <andrew+netdev@lunn.ch>,
	"David S . Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>,
	Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>,
	Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>, Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>,
	Russell King <linux@armlinux.org.uk>,
	Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@gmail.com>,
	Maxime Coquelin <mcoquelin.stm32@gmail.com>,
	Alexandre Torgue <alexandre.torgue@foss.st.com>,
	Zxyan Zhu <zxyan0222@gmail.com>
Subject: [PATCH net-next] net: phylink: add phylink_pcs_loopback() method for PCS loopback support
Date: Fri, 24 Jul 2026 16:52:24 +0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260724085224.3321663-1-zxyan0222@gmail.com> (raw)

Add a pcs_loopback callback to struct phylink_pcs_ops to allow PCS
devices to expose loopback capability. This is useful for MAC drivers
running selftests on interfaces that use in-band signalling and have
no external PHY device.

The phylink_pcs_loopback() helper calls the PCS ops callback if
available, and returns -EOPNOTSUPP for PCS devices that do not
support loopback.

In stmmac, use phylink_pcs_loopback() in stmmac_test_phy_loopback()
and stmmac_selftest_run() when no phydev is present but a PCS with
loopback support exists. This enables PHY loopback selftests on
interfaces without an external PHY.

Signed-off-by: Zxyan Zhu <zxyan0222@gmail.com>
---
 .../stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_selftests.c         | 36 ++++++++++++++-----
 drivers/net/phy/phylink.c                     | 19 ++++++++++
 include/linux/phylink.h                       | 16 +++++++++
 3 files changed, 63 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_selftests.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_selftests.c
index 29e824bd90ca..e6ac51018a65 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_selftests.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_selftests.c
@@ -377,20 +377,36 @@ static int stmmac_test_mac_loopback(struct stmmac_priv *priv)
 static int stmmac_test_phy_loopback(struct stmmac_priv *priv)
 {
 	struct stmmac_packet_attrs attr = { };
+	struct phylink_pcs *pcs;
 	int ret;
 
-	if (!priv->dev->phydev)
-		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+	if (priv->dev->phydev) {
+		ret = phy_loopback(priv->dev->phydev, true, 0);
+		if (ret)
+			return ret;
 
-	ret = phy_loopback(priv->dev->phydev, true, 0);
-	if (ret)
+		attr.dst = priv->dev->dev_addr;
+		ret = __stmmac_test_loopback(priv, &attr);
+
+		phy_loopback(priv->dev->phydev, false, 0);
 		return ret;
+	}
 
-	attr.dst = priv->dev->dev_addr;
-	ret = __stmmac_test_loopback(priv, &attr);
+	/* Use PCS loopback for interfaces without an external PHY. */
+	pcs = priv->hw->phylink_pcs;
+	if (pcs) {
+		ret = phylink_pcs_loopback(pcs, true);
+		if (ret)
+			return ret;
 
-	phy_loopback(priv->dev->phydev, false, 0);
-	return ret;
+		attr.dst = priv->dev->dev_addr;
+		ret = __stmmac_test_loopback(priv, &attr);
+
+		phylink_pcs_loopback(pcs, false);
+		return ret;
+	}
+
+	return -EOPNOTSUPP;
 }
 
 static int stmmac_test_mmc(struct stmmac_priv *priv)
@@ -1986,6 +2002,8 @@ void stmmac_selftest_run(struct net_device *dev,
 			ret = -EOPNOTSUPP;
 			if (dev->phydev)
 				ret = phy_loopback(dev->phydev, true, 0);
+			else if (priv->hw->phylink_pcs)
+				ret = phylink_pcs_loopback(priv->hw->phylink_pcs, true);
 			if (!ret)
 				break;
 			fallthrough;
@@ -2019,6 +2037,8 @@ void stmmac_selftest_run(struct net_device *dev,
 			ret = -EOPNOTSUPP;
 			if (dev->phydev)
 				ret = phy_loopback(dev->phydev, false, 0);
+			else if (priv->hw->phylink_pcs)
+				ret = phylink_pcs_loopback(priv->hw->phylink_pcs, false);
 			if (!ret)
 				break;
 			fallthrough;
diff --git a/drivers/net/phy/phylink.c b/drivers/net/phy/phylink.c
index 59dfe35afa54..a7f78c82913a 100644
--- a/drivers/net/phy/phylink.c
+++ b/drivers/net/phy/phylink.c
@@ -997,6 +997,25 @@ int phylink_pcs_pre_init(struct phylink *pl, struct phylink_pcs *pcs)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(phylink_pcs_pre_init);
 
+/**
+ * phylink_pcs_loopback() - Enable or disable loopback at the PCS
+ * @pcs: a pointer to a &struct phylink_pcs.
+ * @enable: true to enable loopback, false to disable
+ *
+ * Enable or disable loopback mode at the PCS level. This is used by MAC
+ * drivers for selftest purposes when no external PHY is present.
+ *
+ * Returns 0 on success, negative error code on failure.
+ */
+int phylink_pcs_loopback(struct phylink_pcs *pcs, bool enable)
+{
+	if (pcs->ops->pcs_loopback)
+		return pcs->ops->pcs_loopback(pcs, enable);
+
+	return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(phylink_pcs_loopback);
+
 static void phylink_mac_config(struct phylink *pl,
 			       const struct phylink_link_state *state)
 {
diff --git a/include/linux/phylink.h b/include/linux/phylink.h
index 2bc0db3d52ac..66c7016d4acd 100644
--- a/include/linux/phylink.h
+++ b/include/linux/phylink.h
@@ -518,6 +518,7 @@ struct phylink_pcs {
  *		    the MAC.
  * @pcs_pre_init: configure PCS components necessary for MAC hardware
  *                initialization e.g. RX clock for stmmac.
+ * @pcs_loopback: enable/disable loopback mode at the PCS.
  */
 struct phylink_pcs_ops {
 	int (*pcs_validate)(struct phylink_pcs *pcs, unsigned long *supported,
@@ -542,6 +543,7 @@ struct phylink_pcs_ops {
 	void (*pcs_disable_eee)(struct phylink_pcs *pcs);
 	void (*pcs_enable_eee)(struct phylink_pcs *pcs);
 	int (*pcs_pre_init)(struct phylink_pcs *pcs);
+	int (*pcs_loopback)(struct phylink_pcs *pcs, bool enable);
 };
 
 #if 0 /* For kernel-doc purposes only. */
@@ -717,8 +719,22 @@ void pcs_enable_eee(struct phylink_pcs *pcs);
  */
 int pcs_pre_init(struct phylink_pcs *pcs);
 
+/**
+ * pcs_loopback() - Enable or disable loopback at the PCS
+ * @pcs: a pointer to a &struct phylink_pcs.
+ * @enable: true to enable loopback, false to disable
+ *
+ * Enable or disable loopback mode at the PCS level. This is used by MAC
+ * drivers for selftest purposes when no external PHY is present.
+ *
+ * Returns 0 on success, or a negative error code on failure.
+ */
+int pcs_loopback(struct phylink_pcs *pcs, bool enable);
+
 #endif
 
+int phylink_pcs_loopback(struct phylink_pcs *pcs, bool enable);
+
 struct phylink *phylink_create(struct phylink_config *,
 			       const struct fwnode_handle *,
 			       phy_interface_t,

base-commit: 1df10cef2d1e7f9f2fb7eddb67fc70d3abf101f9
-- 
2.34.1



             reply	other threads:[~2026-07-24  8:52 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-07-24  8:52 Zxyan Zhu [this message]
2026-07-24  9:25 ` [PATCH net-next] net: phylink: add phylink_pcs_loopback() method for PCS loopback support Maxime Chevallier
2026-07-24 13:05   ` Andrew Lunn
2026-07-27  9:38 ` [PATCH net-next v2] " Zxyan Zhu
2026-07-27 19:46   ` Andrew Lunn

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