[PATCH iwl-net 2/2] ice: skip the SW pin description on boards with generic DPLL pins

From: Petr Oros

Date: Thu Sep 17 2026 - 18:39:06 EST


ice_dpll_init_info_sw_pins() describes the SMA and U.FL wrappers by
pointing them at fixed positions of the input and output arrays, inputs
4 and 5 and outputs 0 and 1 on an E810-C SFP, and reads the ref-sync
partner of the input it picked. The arrays are sized by the pin counts
firmware reports. On a board that does not match the Intel reference
layout the driver has already fallen back to generic pins, and when
such a board reports fewer pins than the reference the reads run past
the end of the arrays.

The wrappers are never registered on a generic board, but
ice_dpll_init_pins() still calls ice_dpll_pin_ref_sync_register() on
them, so a stray nonzero partner from the out of bounds read would pair
NULL pins.

Describe the wrappers only when the static pin table is in use and keep
their ref-sync registration under the same condition. The default
programming of the PCA9575 clock mux stays on the generic path, a board
that has the mux still needs its SMA connectors switched to inputs.

Fixes: 2dd5d03c77e2 ("ice: redesign dpll sma/u.fl pins control")
Signed-off-by: Petr Oros <poros@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_dpll.c | 13 ++++++++-----
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_dpll.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_dpll.c
index e0362b6bf332e5..81bb32d2b23012 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_dpll.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_dpll.c
@@ -4124,15 +4124,15 @@ static int ice_dpll_init_pins(struct ice_pf *pf, bool cgu)
if (ret)
goto deinit_sma;
count += ICE_DPLL_PIN_SW_NUM;
+ ret = ice_dpll_pin_ref_sync_register(pf->dplls.sma,
+ ICE_DPLL_PIN_SW_NUM);
+ if (ret)
+ goto deinit_ufl;
}
ret = ice_dpll_pin_ref_sync_register(pf->dplls.inputs,
pf->dplls.num_inputs);
if (ret)
goto deinit_ufl;
- ret = ice_dpll_pin_ref_sync_register(pf->dplls.sma,
- ICE_DPLL_PIN_SW_NUM);
- if (ret)
- goto deinit_ufl;
} else {
count += pf->dplls.num_outputs + 2 * ICE_DPLL_PIN_SW_NUM;
}
@@ -4501,6 +4501,8 @@ static int ice_dpll_init_info_sw_pins(struct ice_pf *pf)
int i, ret;
u8 data;

+ if (d->generic)
+ goto init_sma_ctrl;
if (pf->hw.device_id == ICE_DEV_ID_E810C_QSFP)
input_idx_offset = ICE_E810_RCLK_PINS_NUM;
phase_adj_max = max(d->input_phase_adj_max, d->output_phase_adj_max);
@@ -4566,6 +4568,7 @@ static int ice_dpll_init_info_sw_pins(struct ice_pf *pf)
ice_dpll_phase_range_set(&pin->prop.phase_range, phase_adj_max);
}

+init_sma_ctrl:
if (!ice_is_feature_supported(pf, ICE_F_SMA_CTRL))
return 0;

@@ -4584,7 +4587,7 @@ static int ice_dpll_init_info_sw_pins(struct ice_pf *pf)
if (ret)
return ret;

- ret = ice_dpll_pin_state_update(pf, pin, ICE_DPLL_PIN_TYPE_SOFTWARE,
+ ret = ice_dpll_pin_state_update(pf, d->sma, ICE_DPLL_PIN_TYPE_SOFTWARE,
NULL);
if (ret)
return ret;
--
2.55.0