[PATCH v3 4/5] phy: core: Add managed phy bulk data helper functions

From: Inochi Amaoto

Date: Tue Sep 22 2026 - 22:39:20 EST


Add device managed variants of the phy bulk helper functions. So
the driver can benefit from automatically managed phy handles.

Signed-off-by: Inochi Amaoto <inochiama@xxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/phy/phy-core.c | 73 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
include/linux/phy/phy.h | 19 +++++++++++
2 files changed, 92 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/phy/phy-core.c b/drivers/phy/phy-core.c
index 5b76c006575b..a588fba33313 100644
--- a/drivers/phy/phy-core.c
+++ b/drivers/phy/phy-core.c
@@ -1145,6 +1145,79 @@ static void phy_bulk_put_all(struct device *dev, unsigned int num_phys,
kfree(phys);
}

+struct phy_bulk_devres {
+ struct phy_bulk_data *phys;
+ unsigned int num_phys;
+};
+
+static void devm_phy_bulk_release_all(struct device *dev, void *res)
+{
+ struct phy_bulk_devres *devres = res;
+
+ phy_bulk_put_all(dev, devres->num_phys, devres->phys);
+}
+
+/**
+ * devm_phy_bulk_get_all() - managed lookup of all PHYs requested by a device
+ * @dev: device that requests the PHYs
+ * @phys: pointer to store the allocated array of struct phy_bulk_data
+ *
+ * The function calls devm_of_phy_bulk_get_all() directly, but sets the
+ * @np parameter to dev_of_node(dev).
+ *
+ * Return: the number of PHYs on success, %0 if no PHYs are found, or a
+ * negative error code otherwise
+ */
+int devm_phy_bulk_get_all(struct device *dev, struct phy_bulk_data **phys)
+{
+ return devm_of_phy_bulk_get_all(dev, dev_of_node(dev), phys);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(devm_phy_bulk_get_all);
+
+/**
+ * devm_of_phy_bulk_get_all() - managed lookup of all PHYs from a device node
+ * @dev: device that requests the PHYs
+ * @np: device node containing the PHY references
+ * @phys: pointer to store the allocated array of struct phy_bulk_data
+ *
+ * Gets all PHYs from the specified device node, associates the allocated array
+ * and PHY references with @dev, and creates a device link for each PHY. They
+ * are automatically released on driver detach.
+ *
+ * Return: the number of PHYs on success, %0 if no PHYs are found, or a
+ * negative error code otherwise
+ */
+int devm_of_phy_bulk_get_all(struct device *dev, struct device_node *np,
+ struct phy_bulk_data **phys)
+{
+ struct phy_bulk_devres *devres;
+ int ret;
+
+ *phys = NULL;
+
+ if (!np)
+ return 0;
+
+ devres = devres_alloc(devm_phy_bulk_release_all, sizeof(*devres),
+ GFP_KERNEL);
+ if (!devres)
+ return -ENOMEM;
+
+ ret = of_phy_bulk_get_all(np, &devres->phys);
+ if (ret > 0) {
+ for (int i = 0; i < ret; i++)
+ phy_add_device_link(dev, devres->phys[i].phy);
+ *phys = devres->phys;
+ devres->num_phys = ret;
+ devres_add(dev, devres);
+ } else {
+ devres_free(devres);
+ }
+
+ return ret;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(devm_of_phy_bulk_get_all);
+
/**
* phy_bulk_init() - initialize multiple PHYs
* @num_phys: number of entries in the phys array
diff --git a/include/linux/phy/phy.h b/include/linux/phy/phy.h
index 77d9d74682b7..e60e42eb7e0b 100644
--- a/include/linux/phy/phy.h
+++ b/include/linux/phy/phy.h
@@ -322,6 +322,9 @@ void devm_of_phy_provider_unregister(struct device *dev,
int phy_create_lookup(struct phy *phy, const char *con_id, const char *dev_id);
void phy_remove_lookup(struct phy *phy, const char *con_id, const char *dev_id);

+int devm_phy_bulk_get_all(struct device *dev, struct phy_bulk_data **phys);
+int devm_of_phy_bulk_get_all(struct device *dev, struct device_node *np,
+ struct phy_bulk_data **phys);
int phy_bulk_init(unsigned int num_phys, struct phy_bulk_data *phys);
int phy_bulk_exit(unsigned int num_phys, struct phy_bulk_data *phys);
int phy_bulk_power_on(unsigned int num_phys, struct phy_bulk_data *phys);
@@ -511,6 +514,22 @@ static inline struct phy *devm_of_phy_get_by_index(struct device *dev,
return ERR_PTR(-ENOSYS);
}

+static inline int devm_of_phy_bulk_get_all(struct device *dev,
+ struct device_node *np,
+ struct phy_bulk_data **phys)
+{
+ if (phys)
+ *phys = NULL;
+
+ return 0;
+}
+
+static inline int devm_phy_bulk_get_all(struct device *dev,
+ struct phy_bulk_data **phys)
+{
+ return devm_of_phy_bulk_get_all(dev, dev_of_node(dev), phys);
+}
+
static inline int phy_bulk_check_disabled(unsigned int num_phys,
struct phy_bulk_data *phys)
{
--
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