[PATCH v5 phy-next 08/27] PCI: Remove device links to PHY

Vladimir Oltean
2026-03-19T22:34:04Z

This is practically a full revert of commit
7a4db656a635 ("PCI: dra7xx: Create functional dependency between PCIe and PHY")
and a partial revert of the device link pieces from commits
dfb80534692d ("PCI: cadence: Add generic PHY support to host and EP drivers")
49229238ab47 ("PCI: keystone: Cleanup PHY handling")

The trouble with these commits is that they dereference fields inside
struct phy from a consumer driver, which will become no longer possible.

Since commit 987351e1ea77 ("phy: core: Add consumer device link
support") from 2019, the PHY core also adds a device link to order PHY
provider and consumer suspend/resume operations. All reverted commits
are from 2017-2018, and what they do should actually be redundant now.

Signed-off-by: Vladimir Oltean <vladimir.oltean@nxp.com>
Acked-by: Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@google.com>
---
Cc: Lorenzo Pieralisi <lpieralisi@kernel.org>
Cc: "Krzysztof Wilczyński" <kwilczynski@kernel.org>
Cc: Manivannan Sadhasivam <mani@kernel.org>
Cc: Rob Herring <robh@kernel.org>
Cc: Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@google.com>
Cc: Vignesh Raghavendra <vigneshr@ti.com>
Cc: Siddharth Vadapalli <s-vadapalli@ti.com>

v3->v5: none
v2->v3:
- remove dangling set but unused phy_count local variable in
cdns_plat_pcie_probe()
v1->v2:
- fully remove struct device link **link from struct cdns_pcie and from
cdns_plat_pcie_probe() error path
- collect tag
- adjust commit title
---
.../controller/cadence/pcie-cadence-plat.c | 4 ---
drivers/pci/controller/cadence/pcie-cadence.c | 16 +---------
drivers/pci/controller/cadence/pcie-cadence.h | 2 --
drivers/pci/controller/dwc/pci-dra7xx.c | 16 ----------
drivers/pci/controller/dwc/pci-keystone.c | 31 +++----------------
5 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 64 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/pci/controller/cadence/pcie-cadence-plat.c b/drivers/pci/controller/cadence/pcie-cadence-plat.c
index b067a3296dd3..fc39c01b7964 100644
--- a/drivers/pci/controller/cadence/pcie-cadence-plat.c
+++ b/drivers/pci/controller/cadence/pcie-cadence-plat.c
@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@ static int cdns_plat_pcie_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
struct pci_host_bridge *bridge;
struct cdns_pcie_ep *ep;
struct cdns_pcie_rc *rc;
- int phy_count;
bool is_rc;
int ret;

@@ -122,9 +121,6 @@ static int cdns_plat_pcie_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
pm_runtime_put_sync(dev);
pm_runtime_disable(dev);
cdns_pcie_disable_phy(cdns_plat_pcie->pcie);
- phy_count = cdns_plat_pcie->pcie->phy_count;
- while (phy_count--)
- device_link_del(cdns_plat_pcie->pcie->link[phy_count]);

return 0;
}
diff --git a/drivers/pci/controller/cadence/pcie-cadence.c b/drivers/pci/controller/cadence/pcie-cadence.c
index a1eada56edba..0ac980249941 100644
--- a/drivers/pci/controller/cadence/pcie-cadence.c
+++ b/drivers/pci/controller/cadence/pcie-cadence.c
@@ -222,7 +222,6 @@ int cdns_pcie_init_phy(struct device *dev, struct cdns_pcie *pcie)
struct device_node *np = dev->of_node;
int phy_count;
struct phy **phy;
- struct device_link **link;
int i;
int ret;
const char *name;
@@ -238,10 +237,6 @@ int cdns_pcie_init_phy(struct device *dev, struct cdns_pcie *pcie)
if (!phy)
return -ENOMEM;

- link = devm_kcalloc(dev, phy_count, sizeof(*link), GFP_KERNEL);
- if (!link)
- return -ENOMEM;
-
for (i = 0; i < phy_count; i++) {
of_property_read_string_index(np, "phy-names", i, &name);
phy[i] = devm_phy_get(dev, name);
@@ -249,17 +244,10 @@ int cdns_pcie_init_phy(struct device *dev, struct cdns_pcie *pcie)
ret = PTR_ERR(phy[i]);
goto err_phy;
}
- link[i] = device_link_add(dev, &phy[i]->dev, DL_FLAG_STATELESS);
- if (!link[i]) {
- devm_phy_put(dev, phy[i]);
- ret = -EINVAL;
- goto err_phy;
- }
}

pcie->phy_count = phy_count;
pcie->phy = phy;
- pcie->link = link;

ret = cdns_pcie_enable_phy(pcie);
if (ret)
@@ -268,10 +256,8 @@ int cdns_pcie_init_phy(struct device *dev, struct cdns_pcie *pcie)
return 0;

err_phy:
- while (--i >= 0) {
- device_link_del(link[i]);
+ while (--i >= 0)
devm_phy_put(dev, phy[i]);
- }

return ret;
}
diff --git a/drivers/pci/controller/cadence/pcie-cadence.h b/drivers/pci/controller/cadence/pcie-cadence.h
index 443033c607d7..35b0b33bc6fb 100644
--- a/drivers/pci/controller/cadence/pcie-cadence.h
+++ b/drivers/pci/controller/cadence/pcie-cadence.h
@@ -82,7 +82,6 @@ struct cdns_plat_pcie_of_data {
* @is_rc: tell whether the PCIe controller mode is Root Complex or Endpoint.
* @phy_count: number of supported PHY devices
* @phy: list of pointers to specific PHY control blocks
- * @link: list of pointers to corresponding device link representations
* @ops: Platform-specific ops to control various inputs from Cadence PCIe
* wrapper
* @cdns_pcie_reg_offsets: Register bank offsets for different SoC
@@ -95,7 +94,6 @@ struct cdns_pcie {
bool is_rc;
int phy_count;
struct phy **phy;
- struct device_link **link;
const struct cdns_pcie_ops *ops;
const struct cdns_plat_pcie_of_data *cdns_pcie_reg_offsets;
};
diff --git a/drivers/pci/controller/dwc/pci-dra7xx.c b/drivers/pci/controller/dwc/pci-dra7xx.c
index d5d26229063f..b91ab37845c9 100644
--- a/drivers/pci/controller/dwc/pci-dra7xx.c
+++ b/drivers/pci/controller/dwc/pci-dra7xx.c
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@

#include <linux/clk.h>
#include <linux/delay.h>
-#include <linux/device.h>
#include <linux/err.h>
#include <linux/interrupt.h>
#include <linux/irq.h>
@@ -683,7 +682,6 @@ static int dra7xx_pcie_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
int i;
int phy_count;
struct phy **phy;
- struct device_link **link;
void __iomem *base;
struct dw_pcie *pci;
struct dra7xx_pcie *dra7xx;
@@ -731,10 +729,6 @@ static int dra7xx_pcie_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
if (!phy)
return -ENOMEM;

- link = devm_kcalloc(dev, phy_count, sizeof(*link), GFP_KERNEL);
- if (!link)
- return -ENOMEM;
-
dra7xx->clk = devm_clk_get_optional(dev, NULL);
if (IS_ERR(dra7xx->clk))
return dev_err_probe(dev, PTR_ERR(dra7xx->clk),
@@ -749,12 +743,6 @@ static int dra7xx_pcie_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
phy[i] = devm_phy_get(dev, name);
if (IS_ERR(phy[i]))
return PTR_ERR(phy[i]);
-
- link[i] = device_link_add(dev, &phy[i]->dev, DL_FLAG_STATELESS);
- if (!link[i]) {
- ret = -EINVAL;
- goto err_link;
- }
}

dra7xx->base = base;
@@ -856,10 +844,6 @@ static int dra7xx_pcie_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
pm_runtime_disable(dev);
dra7xx_pcie_disable_phy(dra7xx);

-err_link:
- while (--i >= 0)
- device_link_del(link[i]);
-
return ret;
}

diff --git a/drivers/pci/controller/dwc/pci-keystone.c b/drivers/pci/controller/dwc/pci-keystone.c
index 642e4c45eefc..07698c645e02 100644
--- a/drivers/pci/controller/dwc/pci-keystone.c
+++ b/drivers/pci/controller/dwc/pci-keystone.c
@@ -130,7 +130,6 @@ struct keystone_pcie {
int num_lanes;
u32 num_viewport;
struct phy **phy;
- struct device_link **link;
struct device_node *msi_intc_np;
struct irq_domain *intx_irq_domain;
struct device_node *np;
@@ -1118,7 +1117,6 @@ static int ks_pcie_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
enum dw_pcie_device_mode mode;
struct dw_pcie *pci;
struct keystone_pcie *ks_pcie;
- struct device_link **link;
struct gpio_desc *gpiod;
struct resource *res;
void __iomem *base;
@@ -1189,31 +1187,17 @@ static int ks_pcie_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
if (!phy)
return -ENOMEM;

- link = devm_kcalloc(dev, num_lanes, sizeof(*link), GFP_KERNEL);
- if (!link)
- return -ENOMEM;
-
for (i = 0; i < num_lanes; i++) {
snprintf(name, sizeof(name), "pcie-phy%d", i);
phy[i] = devm_phy_optional_get(dev, name);
if (IS_ERR(phy[i])) {
ret = PTR_ERR(phy[i]);
- goto err_link;
- }
-
- if (!phy[i])
- continue;
-
- link[i] = device_link_add(dev, &phy[i]->dev, DL_FLAG_STATELESS);
- if (!link[i]) {
- ret = -EINVAL;
- goto err_link;
+ goto err;
}
}

ks_pcie->np = np;
ks_pcie->pci = pci;
- ks_pcie->link = link;
ks_pcie->num_lanes = num_lanes;
ks_pcie->phy = phy;

@@ -1223,7 +1207,7 @@ static int ks_pcie_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
ret = PTR_ERR(gpiod);
if (ret != -EPROBE_DEFER)
dev_err(dev, "Failed to get reset GPIO\n");
- goto err_link;
+ goto err;
}

/* Obtain references to the PHYs */
@@ -1238,7 +1222,7 @@ static int ks_pcie_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)

if (ret) {
dev_err(dev, "failed to enable phy\n");
- goto err_link;
+ goto err;
}

platform_set_drvdata(pdev, ks_pcie);
@@ -1325,25 +1309,18 @@ static int ks_pcie_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
pm_runtime_disable(dev);
ks_pcie_disable_phy(ks_pcie);

-err_link:
- while (--i >= 0 && link[i])
- device_link_del(link[i]);
-
+err:
return ret;
}

static void ks_pcie_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
{
struct keystone_pcie *ks_pcie = platform_get_drvdata(pdev);
- struct device_link **link = ks_pcie->link;
- int num_lanes = ks_pcie->num_lanes;
struct device *dev = &pdev->dev;

pm_runtime_put(dev);
pm_runtime_disable(dev);
ks_pcie_disable_phy(ks_pcie);
- while (num_lanes--)
- device_link_del(link[num_lanes]);
}

static struct platform_driver ks_pcie_driver = {