[PATCH 3/5] phy: tegra: xusb: Fix ordering issue when switching roles on USB2 ports

[Jon Hunter]

On 13/01/2026 15:10, Diogo Ivo wrote:

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>>>>> -    if (tegra->host_mode)
>>>>> -        phy_set_mode_ext(phy, PHY_MODE_USB_OTG, USB_ROLE_HOST);
>>>>> -    else
>>>>> -        phy_set_mode_ext(phy, PHY_MODE_USB_OTG, USB_ROLE_NONE);
>>>>> +    if (tegra->host_mode) {
>>>>> +        if (!tegra_xusb_usb2_port_wait_role_none(tegra->padctl,
>>>>> +                             tegra->otg_usb2_port))
>>>>> +            return;
>>>>> +        role = USB_ROLE_HOST;
>>>>> +    }
>>>>> +
>>>>> +    mutex_lock(&tegra->lock);
>>>>> +    phy_set_mode_ext(phy, PHY_MODE_USB_OTG, role);
>>>>>       mutex_unlock(&tegra->lock);
>>>>
>>>> I am trying to understand why you opted to implement it this way 
>>>> around and not add the wait loop after setting to the mode to 
>>>> USB_ROLE_NONE in the original code all within the context of the mutex?
>>>
>>> I did that to minimize the amount of time we wait while holding the
>>> mutex, as we can now possibly wait a significant amount of time for the
>>> role switch. Is this an unneccessary optimization?
>>
>> Do you mean it will be longer than a few 100us?
> 
> Currently the worst case in wait_role_none() is around 300us but again
> this is simply because I chose the values with no criteria except that
> in my testing they have worked thus far. Do you have access to any
> internal documentation where the transition length is documented?
> 
> In any case I think that the underlying principle of minimizing the time
> we hold the mutex is solid, no?

Yes, but it was unclear to me if there could be a case where we are 
waiting for USB_ROLE_NONE but we have already transitioned to host. May 
be that will never happen, but it was not clear.

Jon

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