FAILED: patch "[PATCH] usb: roles: get usb role switch from parent only for" failed to apply to 5.10-stable tree

[<gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>]

The patch below does not apply to the 5.10-stable tree.
If someone wants it applied there, or to any other stable or longterm
tree, then please email the backport, including the original git commit
id to <stable@vger.kernel.org>.

To reproduce the conflict and resubmit, you may use the following commands:

git fetch https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git/ linux-5.10.y
git checkout FETCH_HEAD
git cherry-pick -x 8345b1539faa49fcf9c9439c3cbd97dac6eca171
# <resolve conflicts, build, test, etc.>
git commit -s
git send-email --to '<stable@vger.kernel.org>' --in-reply-to '2026031630-flier-referee-3151@gregkh' --subject-prefix 'PATCH 5.10.y' HEAD^..

Possible dependencies:



thanks,

greg k-h

------------------ original commit in Linus's tree ------------------

From 8345b1539faa49fcf9c9439c3cbd97dac6eca171 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Xu Yang <xu.yang_2@nxp.com>
Date: Mon, 9 Mar 2026 15:43:13 +0800
Subject: [PATCH] usb: roles: get usb role switch from parent only for
 usb-b-connector

usb_role_switch_is_parent() was walking up to the parent node and checking
for the "usb-role-switch" property regardless of the type of the passed
fwnode. This could cause unrelated device nodes to be probed as potential
role switch parent, leading to spurious matches and "-EPROBE_DEFER" being
returned infinitely.

Till now only Type-B connector node will have a parent node which may
present "usb-role-switch" property and register the role switch device.
For Type-C connector node, its parent node will always be a Type-C chip
device which will never register the role switch device. However, it may
still present a non-boolean "usb-role-switch = <&usb_controller>" property
for historical compatibility.

So restrict the helper to only operate on Type-B connector when attempting
to get the role switch from parent node.

Fixes: 6fadd72943b8 ("usb: roles: get usb-role-switch from parent")
Cc: stable <stable@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Xu Yang <xu.yang_2@nxp.com>
Tested-by: Arnaud Ferraris <arnaud.ferraris@collabora.com>
Reviewed-by: Heikki Krogerus <heikki.krogerus@linux.intel.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260309074313.2809867-3-xu.yang_2@nxp.com
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>

diff --git a/drivers/usb/roles/class.c b/drivers/usb/roles/class.c
index b8e28ceca51e..edec139b68b5 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/roles/class.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/roles/class.c
@@ -139,9 +139,14 @@ static void *usb_role_switch_match(const struct fwnode_handle *fwnode, const cha
 static struct usb_role_switch *
 usb_role_switch_is_parent(struct fwnode_handle *fwnode)
 {
-	struct fwnode_handle *parent = fwnode_get_parent(fwnode);
+	struct fwnode_handle *parent;
 	struct device *dev;
 
+	if (!fwnode_device_is_compatible(fwnode, "usb-b-connector"))
+		return NULL;
+
+	parent = fwnode_get_parent(fwnode);
+
 	if (!fwnode_property_present(parent, "usb-role-switch")) {
 		fwnode_handle_put(parent);
 		return NULL;