Re: [net-next PATCH v3 03/11] net: pcs: Add subsystem

Simon Horman
2025-04-17T09:19:41Z

On Tue, Apr 15, 2025 at 03:33:15PM -0400, Sean Anderson wrote:
> This adds support for getting PCS devices from the device tree. PCS
> drivers must first register with phylink_register_pcs. After that, MAC
> drivers may look up their PCS using phylink_get_pcs.
>
> We wrap registered PCSs in another PCS. This wrapper PCS is refcounted
> and can outlive the wrapped PCS (such as if the wrapped PCS's driver is
> unbound). The wrapper forwards all PCS callbacks to the wrapped PCS,
> first checking to make sure the wrapped PCS still exists. This design
> was inspired by Bartosz Golaszewski's talk at LPC [1].
>
> pcs_get_by_fwnode_compat is a bit hairy, but it's necessary for
> compatibility with existing drivers, which often attach to (devicetree)
> nodes directly. We use the devicetree changeset system instead of
> adding a (secondary) software node because mdio_bus_match calls
> of_driver_match_device to match devices, and that function only works on
> devicetree nodes.
>
> [1] https://lpc.events/event/17/contributions/1627/
>
> Signed-off-by: Sean Anderson <sean.anderson@linux.dev>

Hi Sean,

I noticed a few build problems after sending my previous email.

I was able to exercise them using variants of the following to
generate small configs. I include this here in case it is useful to you.

make tinyconfig

cat >> .config << __EOF__
CONFIG_MODULES=y
CONFIG_NET=y
CONFIG_NETDEVICES=y
CONFIG_PCS=y
CONFIG_PHYLIB=m
__EOF__

cat >> .config << __EOF__
CONFIG_OF=y
CONFIG_OF_UNITTEST=y
CONFIG_OF_DYNAMIC=y
__EOF__

yes "" | make oldconfig

...

> diff --git a/drivers/net/pcs/core.c b/drivers/net/pcs/core.c

...

> +/**
> + * _pcs_get() - Get a PCS from a fwnode property
> + * @dev: The device to get a PCS for
> + * @fwnode: The fwnode to find the PCS with
> + * @id: The name of the PCS to get. May be %NULL to get the first PCS.
> + * @fallback: An optional fallback property to use if pcs-handle is absent
> + * @optional: Whether the PCS is optional
> + *
> + * Find a PCS referenced by @mac_node and return a reference to it. Every call
> + * to _pcs_get_by_fwnode() must be balanced with one to pcs_put().
> + *
> + * Return: a PCS if found, %NULL if not, or an error pointer on failure
> + */
> +struct phylink_pcs *_pcs_get(struct device *dev, struct fwnode_handle *fwnode,
> + const char *id, const char *fallback,
> + bool optional)
> +{
> + struct fwnode_handle *pcs_fwnode;
> + struct phylink_pcs *pcs;
> +
> + pcs_fwnode = pcs_find_fwnode(fwnode, id, fallback, optional);
> + if (IS_ERR(pcs_fwnode))
> + return ERR_CAST(pcs_fwnode);
> +
> + pcs = _pcs_get_tail(dev, pcs_fwnode, NULL);
> + fwnode_handle_put(pcs_fwnode);
> + return pcs;
> +}
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(_pcs_get);
> +
> +static __maybe_unused void of_changeset_cleanup(void *data)
> +{
> + struct of_changeset *ocs = data;

Code in pcs_get_by_fwnode_compat is conditionally compiled
based on CONFIG_OF_DYNAMIC. I think that is needed here too,
because of_changeset_revert() doesn't exist unless CONFIG_OF_DYNAMIC is set.

> +
> + if (WARN(of_changeset_revert(ocs),
> + "could not revert changeset; leaking memory\n"))
> + return;
> +
> + of_changeset_destroy(ocs);
> + kfree(ocs);
> +}
> +
> +/**
> + * pcs_get_by_fwnode_compat() - Get a PCS with a compatibility fallback
> + * @dev: The device requesting the PCS
> + * @fwnode: The &struct fwnode_handle of the PCS itself
> + * @fixup: Callback to fix up @fwnode for compatibility
> + * @data: Passed to @fixup
> + *
> + * This function looks up a PCS and retries on failure after fixing up @fwnode.
> + * It is intended to assist in backwards-compatible behavior for drivers that
> + * used to create a PCS directly from a &struct device_node. This function
> + * should NOT be used in new drivers.
> + *
> + * @fixup modifies a devicetree changeset to create any properties necessary to
> + * bind the PCS's &struct device_node. At the very least, it should use
> + * of_changeset_add_prop_string() to add a compatible property.
> + *
> + * Note that unlike pcs_get_by_fwnode, @fwnode is the &struct fwnode_handle of
> + * the PCS itself, and not that of the requesting device. @fwnode could be
> + * looked up with pcs_find_fwnode() or determined by some other means for
> + * compatibility.
> + *
> + * Return: A PCS on success or an error pointer on failure
> + */
> +struct phylink_pcs *
> +pcs_get_by_fwnode_compat(struct device *dev, struct fwnode_handle *fwnode,
> + int (*fixup)(struct of_changeset *ocs,
> + struct device_node *np, void *data),
> + void *data)
> +{
> +#ifdef CONFIG_OF_DYNAMIC
> + struct mdio_device *mdiodev;
> + struct of_changeset *ocs;
> + struct phylink_pcs *pcs;
> + struct device_node *np;
> + struct device *pcsdev;
> + int err;
> +
> + /* First attempt */
> + pcs = _pcs_get_tail(dev, fwnode, NULL);
> + if (PTR_ERR(pcs) != -EPROBE_DEFER)
> + return pcs;
> +
> + /* No luck? Maybe there's no compatible... */
> + np = to_of_node(fwnode);
> + if (!np || of_property_present(np, "compatible"))
> + return pcs;
> +
> + /* OK, let's try fixing things up */
> + pr_warn("%pOF is missing a compatible\n", np);
> + ocs = kmalloc(sizeof(*ocs), GFP_KERNEL);
> + if (!ocs)
> + return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
> +
> + of_changeset_init(ocs);
> + err = fixup(ocs, np, data);
> + if (err)
> + goto err_ocs;
> +
> + err = of_changeset_apply(ocs);
> + if (err)
> + goto err_ocs;
> +
> + err = devm_add_action_or_reset(dev, of_changeset_cleanup, ocs);
> + if (err)
> + return ERR_PTR(err);
> +
> + mdiodev = fwnode_mdio_find_device(fwnode);

fwnode_mdio_find_device() is unavailable for linking if PHYLIB is a module
(and PCS is built-in).

> + if (mdiodev) {
> + /* Clear that pesky PHY flag so we can match PCS drivers */
> + device_lock(&mdiodev->dev);
> + mdiodev->flags &= ~MDIO_DEVICE_FLAG_PHY;
> + device_unlock(&mdiodev->dev);
> + pcsdev = &mdiodev->dev;
> + } else {
> + pcsdev = get_device(fwnode->dev);
> + if (!pcsdev)
> + return ERR_PTR(-EPROBE_DEFER);
> + }
> +
> + err = device_reprobe(pcsdev);
> + put_device(pcsdev);
> + if (err)
> + return ERR_PTR(err);
> +
> + return _pcs_get_tail(dev, fwnode, NULL);
> +
> +err_ocs:
> + of_changeset_destroy(ocs);
> + kfree(ocs);
> + return ERR_PTR(err);
> +#else
> + return _pcs_get_tail(dev, fwnode, NULL);
> +#endif
> +}
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(pcs_get_by_fwnode_compat);

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