[PATCH net v3] net: stmmac: request the MDIO reset GPIO only once

Linkui Xiao xiaolinkui at 126.com
Sun Sep 20 18:57:27 PDT 2026


From: Linkui Xiao <xiaolinkui at kylinos.cn>

stmmac_mdio_reset() calls devm_gpiod_get_optional() every time it runs.
A GPIO line can only be requested once, so from the second call on
gpiod_request_commit() returns -EBUSY. devm_gpiod_get_optional() only
turns -ENOENT into NULL, hence the error is passed straight back and
stmmac_mdio_reset() bails out before pulsing "snps,reset" and before
running the STE101P MDC workaround.

The first call, made by of_mdiobus_register(), succeeds, so the failure
is only visible later on: every resume that does not use WoL goes
through stmmac_resume() -> stmmac_mdio_reset(), and that caller ignores
the return value, so the PHY silently stays un-reset.

The descriptor used to be requested exactly once: stmmac_mdio_reset()
resolved "snps,reset-gpio" itself and cached the GPIO number in
stmmac_mdio_bus_data::reset_gpio, and commit ae26c1c6cb9b ("stmmac: fix
PHY reset during resume") relies on that cache to reuse the line on
every call. commit 7c86f20d15b7 ("net: stmmac: use GPIO descriptors in
stmmac_mdio_reset") replaced it with a devm_gpiod_get_optional() that
caches nothing, so the request is repeated on every call and fails from
the second one on.

Parse the whole reset description, the GPIO and "snps,reset-delays-us",
in stmmac_mdio_register() at probe time, and keep it in struct
stmmac_priv. This is where devm-gpiod is meant to be used: the line is
acquired with the device and released with it, and any failure to
acquire it is reported during probe instead of being ignored by
stmmac_resume(). stmmac_mdio_reset() then only pulses the cached line,
with the delays that were read once and for all at probe time.

The request and the delays are still gated on
mdio_bus_data->needs_reset, which is the condition that installs the
reset callback, and on the device using DT. stmmac_mdio_reset()
itself no longer looks at the device tree at all: where the
description is absent the cached descriptor is NULL and the delays
are all zero, so the pulse is a no-op, just as the of_node check used
to make it.

Fixes: 7c86f20d15b7 ("net: stmmac: use GPIO descriptors in stmmac_mdio_reset")
Cc: stable at vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Linkui Xiao <xiaolinkui at kylinos.cn>
---
Changes in v3:
- Read "snps,reset-delays-us" in stmmac_mdio_register() as well, so that
  the whole reset description is parsed in one place. (Lorenzo Bianconi)
- Drop the CONFIG_OF/of_node check from stmmac_mdio_reset(), which no
  longer needs it now that nothing is parsed there: the callback does not
  look at the device tree at all.

Changes in v2:
- Do not request the GPIO from stmmac_mdio_reset(); request it once in
  stmmac_mdio_register() at probe time instead. (Maxime Chevallier)

 drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac.h  |  3 ++
 .../net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_mdio.c | 46 +++++++++----------
 2 files changed, 24 insertions(+), 25 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac.h
index 7582fca63741..2bb68e8b6274 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac.h
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 #include <net/xdp.h>
 #include <uapi/linux/bpf.h>
 
+struct gpio_desc;
 struct stmmac_pcs;
 
 struct stmmac_resources {
@@ -287,6 +288,8 @@ struct stmmac_priv {
 
 	unsigned int pause_time;
 	struct mii_bus *mii;
+	struct gpio_desc *mdio_reset_gpio;
+	u32 mdio_reset_delays[3];
 
 	struct stmmac_pcs *integrated_pcs;
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_mdio.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_mdio.c
index afe98ff5bdcb..cf768afd9237 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_mdio.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_mdio.c
@@ -384,33 +384,16 @@ int stmmac_mdio_reset(struct mii_bus *bus)
 	struct stmmac_priv *priv = netdev_priv(bus->priv);
 	unsigned int mii_address = priv->hw->mii.addr;
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_OF
-	if (priv->device->of_node) {
-		struct gpio_desc *reset_gpio;
-		u32 delays[3] = { 0, 0, 0 };
+	if (priv->mdio_reset_delays[0])
+		msleep(DIV_ROUND_UP(priv->mdio_reset_delays[0], 1000));
 
-		reset_gpio = devm_gpiod_get_optional(priv->device,
-						     "snps,reset",
-						     GPIOD_OUT_LOW);
-		if (IS_ERR(reset_gpio))
-			return PTR_ERR(reset_gpio);
+	gpiod_set_value_cansleep(priv->mdio_reset_gpio, 1);
+	if (priv->mdio_reset_delays[1])
+		msleep(DIV_ROUND_UP(priv->mdio_reset_delays[1], 1000));
 
-		device_property_read_u32_array(priv->device,
-					       "snps,reset-delays-us",
-					       delays, ARRAY_SIZE(delays));
-
-		if (delays[0])
-			msleep(DIV_ROUND_UP(delays[0], 1000));
-
-		gpiod_set_value_cansleep(reset_gpio, 1);
-		if (delays[1])
-			msleep(DIV_ROUND_UP(delays[1], 1000));
-
-		gpiod_set_value_cansleep(reset_gpio, 0);
-		if (delays[2])
-			msleep(DIV_ROUND_UP(delays[2], 1000));
-	}
-#endif
+	gpiod_set_value_cansleep(priv->mdio_reset_gpio, 0);
+	if (priv->mdio_reset_delays[2])
+		msleep(DIV_ROUND_UP(priv->mdio_reset_delays[2], 1000));
 
 	/* This is a workaround for problems with the STE101P PHY.
 	 * It doesn't complete its reset until at least one clock cycle
@@ -608,6 +591,19 @@ int stmmac_mdio_register(struct net_device *ndev)
 	if (!mdio_bus_data)
 		return 0;
 
+	if (mdio_bus_data->needs_reset && dev_of_node(priv->device)) {
+		priv->mdio_reset_gpio =
+			devm_gpiod_get_optional(priv->device, "snps,reset",
+						GPIOD_OUT_LOW);
+		if (IS_ERR(priv->mdio_reset_gpio))
+			return PTR_ERR(priv->mdio_reset_gpio);
+
+		device_property_read_u32_array(priv->device,
+					       "snps,reset-delays-us",
+					       priv->mdio_reset_delays,
+					       ARRAY_SIZE(priv->mdio_reset_delays));
+	}
+
 	stmmac_mdio_bus_config(priv);
 
 	new_bus = mdiobus_alloc();
-- 
2.25.1




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