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From: Oleksij Rempel <o.rempel@pengutronix.de>
To: Carlo Szelinsky <github@szelinsky.de>
Cc: Kory Maincent <kory.maincent@bootlin.com>,
	Andrew Lunn <andrew+netdev@lunn.ch>,
	Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@gmail.com>,
	Russell King <linux@armlinux.org.uk>,
	Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>,
	"David S . Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>,
	Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>,
	Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>, Simon Horman <horms@kernel.org>,
	netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v2 1/3] net: pse-pd: prevent regulator cleanup from disabling unclaimed PSE PIs
Date: Mon, 6 Apr 2026 12:22:22 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <adOJXuyO1RT8hgxt@pengutronix.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260330132952.2950531-2-github@szelinsky.de>

On Mon, Mar 30, 2026 at 03:29:50PM +0200, Carlo Szelinsky wrote:
> When a PSE controller driver is loaded as a module, its PI regulators
> are registered before any consumer (PHY) acquires the corresponding PSE
> control via of_pse_control_get(). The regulator framework's
> regulator_late_cleanup then calls pse_pi_is_enabled(), which queries
> hardware and sees the PI is enabled. Since no consumer holds it
> (use_count == 0), regulator_late_cleanup disables it, killing PoE.

Let's address the deferred probing issues first. The system shuts the
current for the ports, because ports are not tracked. And ports are not
tracked/claimed, because the first patch breaks it. Which introduces
additional safety, diagnostic and power budget allocation issues.

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  parent reply	other threads:[~2026-04-06 10:22 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 26+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-03-29 16:10 [PATCH 0/3] net: pse-pd: support module-based PSE controller drivers Carlo Szelinsky
2026-03-29 16:10 ` [PATCH 1/3] net: mdio: treat PSE EPROBE_DEFER as non-fatal during PHY registration Carlo Szelinsky
2026-03-30 11:16   ` Kory Maincent
2026-03-29 16:10 ` [PATCH 2/3] net: pse-pd: prevent regulator cleanup from disabling unclaimed PSE PIs Carlo Szelinsky
2026-03-30 11:17   ` Kory Maincent
2026-03-29 16:10 ` [PATCH 3/3] net: pse-pd: add lazy PSE control resolution for modular drivers Carlo Szelinsky
2026-03-30 11:23   ` Kory Maincent
2026-03-30 11:09 ` [PATCH 0/3] net: pse-pd: support module-based PSE controller drivers Kory Maincent
2026-03-30 13:29 ` [PATCH net-next v2 " Carlo Szelinsky
2026-03-30 13:29   ` [PATCH net-next v2 1/3] net: pse-pd: prevent regulator cleanup from disabling unclaimed PSE PIs Carlo Szelinsky
2026-04-01  2:28     ` Jakub Kicinski
2026-04-06 10:22     ` Oleksij Rempel [this message]
2026-03-30 13:29   ` [PATCH net-next v2 2/3] net: pse-pd: add lazy PSE control resolution for modular drivers Carlo Szelinsky
2026-03-30 13:29   ` [PATCH net-next v2 3/3] net: mdio: treat PSE EPROBE_DEFER as non-fatal during PHY registration Carlo Szelinsky
2026-03-30 14:11     ` Andrew Lunn
2026-04-03 13:31       ` Carlo Szelinsky
2026-04-03 13:38         ` Kory Maincent
2026-04-06  8:42           ` Oleksij Rempel
2026-04-03 15:16         ` Andrew Lunn
2026-04-05 18:57           ` Carlo Szelinsky
2026-04-06  9:30             ` Oleksij Rempel
2026-04-06 12:22               ` Andrew Lunn
2026-04-06 14:12                 ` Oleksij Rempel
2026-04-06 12:42             ` Andrew Lunn
2026-04-06 14:43               ` Carlo Szelinsky
2026-04-06 15:21                 ` Andrew Lunn

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