[PATCH 1/2] clk: mediatek: mt7988: keep combo-lane U3 PHY ref clock enabled

From: Frank Wunderlich

Date: Sat Sep 19 2026 - 07:48:24 EST


From: Mihai Ordean <research@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

CLK_INFRA_USB_PIPE is the reference clock of xphyu3port0, the U3/PCIe
combo serdes. On MT7988 that lane is shared between ssusb0's SuperSpeed
side and pcie2, but only the consumer that claims the PHY holds the gate.

On the BPI-R4 Pro, ssusb0 is configured USB2-only (u3p-dis-msk=1) and
pcie2 claims the lane for the CN13/CN15 M.2 slot, so pcie2 is the sole
holder. u3p-dis-msk does not remove ssusb0's SuperSpeed root hub: that is
decided by xhci_has_one_roothub(), which keys off usb3_rhub.num_ports
from the xHCI capability registers, so bus 2 is registered and live
regardless. When the M.2 slot is empty, pcie2 fails link training (-110)
and its error path calls phy_power_off()/phy_exit(), which gates this
clock - and sspxtp_sel with it, as nothing else consumes it. The still
registered SuperSpeed root hub is then left polling a serdes whose PHY
reference clock has just stopped, and asserts the shared SSUSB interrupt
outside the xHCI event ring; xhci_irq() reads USBSTS with EINT clear and
returns IRQ_NONE, so the core disables the line ("nobody cared") and the
next USB teardown blocks forever in xhci_disable_slot().

Boot logs show the storm threshold being crossed 86-107 ms after the
pcie2 probe failure, while the earlier combo-mux switch to PCIe mode
(~550 ms before) causes no trouble, pointing at the clock gating rather
than the mux as the trigger.

Mark the gate CLK_IS_CRITICAL so the combo lane keeps its reference clock.
Only port 0's gate is affected; ssusb1 uses CLK_INFRA_USB_PIPE_CK_P1.

Signed-off-by: Mihai Ordean <research@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Frank Wunderlich <frank-w@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/clk/mediatek/clk-mt7988-infracfg.c | 12 +++++++++++-
1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/clk/mediatek/clk-mt7988-infracfg.c b/drivers/clk/mediatek/clk-mt7988-infracfg.c
index 13ffa9d88e24..a8cbcb64d90f 100644
--- a/drivers/clk/mediatek/clk-mt7988-infracfg.c
+++ b/drivers/clk/mediatek/clk-mt7988-infracfg.c
@@ -225,7 +225,17 @@ static const struct mtk_gate infra_clks[] = {
CLK_IS_CRITICAL),
GATE_INFRA3_FLAGS(CLK_INFRA_USB_FRMCNT_CK_P1, "infra_usb_frmcnt_ck_p1", "usb_frmcnt_p1_sel",
9, CLK_IS_CRITICAL),
- GATE_INFRA3(CLK_INFRA_USB_PIPE, "infra_usb_pipe", "sspxtp_sel", 10),
+ /*
+ * Reference clock of the U3/PCIe combo serdes (xphyu3port0). The lane
+ * is shared between ssusb0 and pcie2, but only the PHY consumer that
+ * claims it holds this gate. On boards where pcie2 owns the lane, a
+ * failed pcie2 probe (e.g. empty M.2 slot) calls phy_exit() and gates
+ * this clock while ssusb0 still has a live SuperSpeed root hub on the
+ * same PHY, which wedges the shared SSUSB interrupt. CCF cannot model
+ * the cross-IP sharing, so keep the gate on.
+ */
+ GATE_INFRA3_FLAGS(CLK_INFRA_USB_PIPE, "infra_usb_pipe", "sspxtp_sel", 10,
+ CLK_IS_CRITICAL),
GATE_INFRA3(CLK_INFRA_USB_PIPE_CK_P1, "infra_usb_pipe_ck_p1", "usb_phy_sel", 11),
GATE_INFRA3(CLK_INFRA_USB_UTMI, "infra_usb_utmi", "top_xtal", 12),
GATE_INFRA3(CLK_INFRA_USB_UTMI_CK_P1, "infra_usb_utmi_ck_p1", "top_xtal", 13),
--
2.53.0