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* [PATCH net v4 2/2] net: phy: mdio-i2c: defer RollBall bridge probe to PHY discovery
From: Petr Wozniak @ 2026-06-24  8:48 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Russell King, Andrew Lunn, Heiner Kallweit
  Cc: Jakub Kicinski, David S . Miller, Eric Dumazet, Paolo Abeni,
	netdev, linux-kernel, linux-phy, Maxime Chevallier, Bjorn Mork,
	Aleksander Bajkowski, Marek Behun, Petr Wozniak
In-Reply-To: <20260624084814.20972-1-petr.wozniak@gmail.com>

commit 8fe125892f40 ("net: phy: sfp: probe for RollBall I2C-to-MDIO
bridge in mdio-i2c") introduced a regression: the RollBall I2C-to-MDIO
bridge is not yet ready to respond to CMD_READ/CMD_DONE cycles when
sfp_sm_add_mdio_bus() runs in SFP_S_INIT.  The 200 ms probe times out,
i2c_mii_probe_rollball() returns -ENODEV, and sfp_sm_add_mdio_bus()
sets mdio_protocol = MDIO_I2C_NONE.  By the time sfp_sm_probe_for_phy()
runs (up to ~17 s later on affected hardware), the bridge is fully
initialized but PHY probing is skipped because the protocol has already
been changed to NONE.

This affects both modules inserted before boot and hotplugged modules on
hardware where bridge initialization exceeds the 200 ms probe window
(confirmed: FLYPRO SFP-10GT-CS-30M with Aquantia AQR113C, hotplugged).

Move the probe from i2c_mii_init_rollball(), called at bus-creation time,
to sfp_sm_probe_for_phy() in sfp.c, where it runs after the SFP state
machine module initialization delays.  Export the probe function as
mdio_i2c_probe_rollball() so sfp.c can call it.

For RTL8261BE-based modules the probe correctly returns -ENODEV at PHY
discovery time, causing sfp_sm_probe_for_phy() to destroy the MDIO bus
and set MDIO_I2C_NONE, eliminating the 5+ minute PHY probe retry loop.

For genuine RollBall modules (e.g. FLYPRO SFP-10GT-CS-30M with Aquantia
AQR113C) the probe now runs after initialization is complete and
correctly returns 0, so PHY detection proceeds normally.

Reported-by: Aleksander Bajkowski <olek2@wp.pl>
Fixes: 8fe125892f40 ("net: phy: sfp: probe for RollBall I2C-to-MDIO bridge in mdio-i2c")
Signed-off-by: Petr Wozniak <petr.wozniak@gmail.com>
---
 drivers/net/mdio/mdio-i2c.c   | 15 +++++++++------
 drivers/net/phy/sfp.c         | 22 ++++++++++++++--------
 include/linux/mdio/mdio-i2c.h |  1 +
 3 files changed, 24 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/mdio/mdio-i2c.c b/drivers/net/mdio/mdio-i2c.c
index b88f63234b4e..2a3a418c1369 100644
--- a/drivers/net/mdio/mdio-i2c.c
+++ b/drivers/net/mdio/mdio-i2c.c
@@ -419,7 +419,7 @@ static int i2c_mii_write_rollball(struct mii_bus *bus, int phy_id, int devad,
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static int i2c_mii_probe_rollball(struct i2c_adapter *i2c)
+int mdio_i2c_probe_rollball(struct i2c_adapter *i2c)
 {
 	u8 data_buf[] = { ROLLBALL_DATA_ADDR, 0x01, 0x00, 0x00 };
 	u8 cmd_buf[]  = { ROLLBALL_CMD_ADDR, ROLLBALL_CMD_READ };
@@ -462,9 +462,13 @@ static int i2c_mii_probe_rollball(struct i2c_adapter *i2c)
 
 	return -ENODEV;
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(mdio_i2c_probe_rollball);
 
 static int i2c_mii_init_rollball(struct i2c_adapter *i2c)
 {
+	/* Send the RollBall unlock password; bridge presence is verified
+	 * later, in sfp_sm_probe_for_phy(), after module initialization.
+	 */
 	struct i2c_msg msg;
 	u8 pw[5];
 	int ret;
@@ -486,7 +490,7 @@ static int i2c_mii_init_rollball(struct i2c_adapter *i2c)
 	if (ret != 1)
 		return -EIO;
 
-	return i2c_mii_probe_rollball(i2c);
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static bool mdio_i2c_check_functionality(struct i2c_adapter *i2c,
@@ -531,10 +535,9 @@ struct mii_bus *mdio_i2c_alloc(struct device *parent, struct i2c_adapter *i2c,
 	case MDIO_I2C_ROLLBALL:
 		ret = i2c_mii_init_rollball(i2c);
 		if (ret < 0) {
-			if (ret != -ENODEV)
-				dev_err(parent,
-					"Cannot initialize RollBall MDIO I2C protocol: %d\n",
-					ret);
+			dev_err(parent,
+				"Cannot initialize RollBall MDIO I2C protocol: %d\n",
+				ret);
 			mdiobus_free(mii);
 			return ERR_PTR(ret);
 		}
diff --git a/drivers/net/phy/sfp.c b/drivers/net/phy/sfp.c
index c4d274ab651e..01b941a38eed 100644
--- a/drivers/net/phy/sfp.c
+++ b/drivers/net/phy/sfp.c
@@ -2174,17 +2174,10 @@ static void sfp_sm_fault(struct sfp *sfp, unsigned int next_state, bool warn)
 
 static int sfp_sm_add_mdio_bus(struct sfp *sfp)
 {
-	int ret;
-
 	if (sfp->mdio_protocol == MDIO_I2C_NONE)
 		return 0;
 
-	ret = sfp_i2c_mdiobus_create(sfp);
-	if (ret == -ENODEV) {
-		sfp->mdio_protocol = MDIO_I2C_NONE;
-		return 0;
-	}
-	return ret;
+	return sfp_i2c_mdiobus_create(sfp);
 }
 
 /* Probe a SFP for a PHY device if the module supports copper - the PHY
@@ -2215,6 +2208,19 @@ static int sfp_sm_probe_for_phy(struct sfp *sfp)
 		break;
 
 	case MDIO_I2C_ROLLBALL:
+		/* Probe here, after module initialization delays, so that
+		 * genuine RollBall bridges have had time to start up.
+		 * Modules without a bridge (e.g. RTL8261BE) return -ENODEV.
+		 */
+		err = mdio_i2c_probe_rollball(sfp->i2c);
+		if (err == -ENODEV) {
+			sfp_i2c_mdiobus_destroy(sfp);
+			sfp->mdio_protocol = MDIO_I2C_NONE;
+			err = 0;
+			break;
+		}
+		if (err)
+			break;
 		err = sfp_sm_probe_phy(sfp, SFP_PHY_ADDR_ROLLBALL, true);
 		break;
 	}
diff --git a/include/linux/mdio/mdio-i2c.h b/include/linux/mdio/mdio-i2c.h
index 65b550a6fc32..5cf14f45c94b 100644
--- a/include/linux/mdio/mdio-i2c.h
+++ b/include/linux/mdio/mdio-i2c.h
@@ -20,5 +20,6 @@ enum mdio_i2c_proto {
 
 struct mii_bus *mdio_i2c_alloc(struct device *parent, struct i2c_adapter *i2c,
 			       enum mdio_i2c_proto protocol);
+int mdio_i2c_probe_rollball(struct i2c_adapter *i2c);
 
 #endif
-- 
2.51.0


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