[PATCH] scsi: ufs: core: Skip link param validation when lanes_per_direction is unset

From: Daejun Park

Date: Wed May 20 2026 - 03:06:12 EST


ufshcd_validate_link_params(), added by commit e72323f3b09f ("scsi: ufs:
core: Configure only active lanes during link"), is called
unconditionally from ufshcd_link_startup() and fails link startup with
-ENOLINK when the connected lane count read from the device differs from
hba->lanes_per_direction.

lanes_per_direction is only set by ufshcd-pltfrm (default 2, or the
"lanes-per-direction" devicetree property); ufshcd-pci controllers
(e.g. Intel) leave it 0. As the device always reports >= 1 connected
lanes, the check can never match and link startup always fails.
Reproduced with QEMU's UFS device.

Skip the check when lanes_per_direction is unset: with no expected value
to validate against, restore the behaviour from before that commit.

Fixes: e72323f3b09f ("scsi: ufs: core: Configure only active lanes during link")
Signed-off-by: Daejun Park <daejun7.park@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/ufs/core/ufshcd.c | 10 ++++++++++
1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/ufs/core/ufshcd.c b/drivers/ufs/core/ufshcd.c
index 1aad1c03c3fc..0a510f43ce76 100644
--- a/drivers/ufs/core/ufshcd.c
+++ b/drivers/ufs/core/ufshcd.c
@@ -5222,6 +5222,16 @@ static int ufshcd_validate_link_params(struct ufs_hba *hba)
{
int ret, val;

+ /*
+ * lanes_per_direction is only populated by the platform glue (it
+ * defaults to 2 or is read from the "lanes-per-direction" devicetree
+ * property). Controllers probed via ufshcd-pci leave it unset (0), in
+ * which case there is no expected lane count to validate the connected
+ * lanes against. Skip the check instead of failing link startup.
+ */
+ if (!hba->lanes_per_direction)
+ return 0;
+
ret = ufshcd_dme_get(hba, UIC_ARG_MIB(PA_CONNECTEDTXDATALANES),
&val);
if (ret)

base-commit: 016d484531e3169cd7bcb26e0ac2c5523080809f
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2.43.0