[PATCH net v3] net: stmmac: request the MDIO reset GPIO only once
From: Linkui Xiao
Date: Sun Sep 20 2026 - 21:58:56 EST
From: Linkui Xiao <xiaolinkui@xxxxxxxxxx>
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@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Linkui Xiao <xiaolinkui@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
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