Re: [PATCH v3 1/4] soc: qcom: ice: Fix race between qcom_ice_probe() and of_qcom_ice_get()
From: Bjorn Andersson
Date: Mon Feb 23 2026 - 15:35:13 EST
On Mon, Feb 23, 2026 at 01:32:52PM +0530, Manivannan Sadhasivam via B4 Relay wrote:
> From: Manivannan Sadhasivam <manivannan.sadhasivam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> The current platform driver design causes probe ordering races with
> consumers (UFS, eMMC) due to ICE's dependency on SCM firmware calls. If ICE
> probe fails (missing ICE SCM or DT registers), devm_of_qcom_ice_get() loops
> with -EPROBE_DEFER, leaving consumers non-functional even when ICE should
> be gracefully disabled. devm_of_qcom_ice_get() doesn't know if the ICE
> driver probe has failed due to above reasons or it is waiting for the SCM
> driver.
>
> Moreover, there is no devlink dependency between ICE and consumer drivers
> as 'qcom,ice' is not considered as a DT 'supplier'. So the consumer drivers
> have no idea of when the ICE driver is going to probe.
>
> To address these issues, introduce a global ice_handle to store the valid
> ICE handle pointer, and set during successful ICE driver probe. On probe
> failure, set it to an error pointer and propagate the error from
> of_qcom_ice_get().
>
> Additionally, add a global ice_mutex to synchronize qcom_ice_probe() and
> of_qcom_ice_get().
>
> Note that this change only fixes the standalone ICE DT node bindings and
> not the ones with 'ice' range embedded in the consumer nodes, where there
> is no issue.
>
> Cc: <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> # 6.4
> Fixes: 2afbf43a4aec ("soc: qcom: Make the Qualcomm UFS/SDCC ICE a dedicated driver")
> Reported-by: Sumit Garg <sumit.garg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Manivannan Sadhasivam <manivannan.sadhasivam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/soc/qcom/ice.c | 44 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----------------
> 1 file changed, 27 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/soc/qcom/ice.c b/drivers/soc/qcom/ice.c
> index b203bc685cad..3c3c189e24f9 100644
> --- a/drivers/soc/qcom/ice.c
> +++ b/drivers/soc/qcom/ice.c
> @@ -113,6 +113,9 @@ struct qcom_ice {
> u8 hwkm_version;
> };
>
> +static DEFINE_MUTEX(ice_mutex);
> +static struct qcom_ice *ice_handle;
Did we get confirmation that in the UFS + SDCC case, there's only a
single ICE instance per SoC?
Regards,
Bjorn
> +
> static bool qcom_ice_check_supported(struct qcom_ice *ice)
> {
> u32 regval = qcom_ice_readl(ice, QCOM_ICE_REG_VERSION);
> @@ -608,7 +611,6 @@ static struct qcom_ice *qcom_ice_create(struct device *dev,
> static struct qcom_ice *of_qcom_ice_get(struct device *dev)
> {
> struct platform_device *pdev = to_platform_device(dev);
> - struct qcom_ice *ice;
> struct resource *res;
> void __iomem *base;
> struct device_link *link;
> @@ -631,6 +633,22 @@ static struct qcom_ice *of_qcom_ice_get(struct device *dev)
> return qcom_ice_create(&pdev->dev, base);
> }
>
> + guard(mutex)(&ice_mutex);
> +
> + /*
> + * If ice_handle is NULL, then it means the ICE driver is not probed
> + * yet. So return -EPROBE_DEFER to let the client try later.
> + */
> + if (!ice_handle)
> + return ERR_PTR(-EPROBE_DEFER);
> +
> + /*
> + * If ice_handle has error code, then it means the ICE driver has probe
> + * failed. So return the handle for the client to digest it.
> + */
> + if (IS_ERR(ice_handle))
> + return ice_handle;
> +
> /*
> * If the consumer node does not provider an 'ice' reg range
> * (legacy DT binding), then it must at least provide a phandle
> @@ -647,24 +665,16 @@ static struct qcom_ice *of_qcom_ice_get(struct device *dev)
> return ERR_PTR(-EPROBE_DEFER);
> }
>
> - ice = platform_get_drvdata(pdev);
> - if (!ice) {
> - dev_err(dev, "Cannot get ice instance from %s\n",
> - dev_name(&pdev->dev));
> - platform_device_put(pdev);
> - return ERR_PTR(-EPROBE_DEFER);
> - }
> -
> link = device_link_add(dev, &pdev->dev, DL_FLAG_AUTOREMOVE_SUPPLIER);
> if (!link) {
> dev_err(&pdev->dev,
> "Failed to create device link to consumer %s\n",
> dev_name(dev));
> platform_device_put(pdev);
> - ice = ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
> + return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
> }
>
> - return ice;
> + return ice_handle;
> }
>
> static void qcom_ice_put(const struct qcom_ice *ice)
> @@ -716,20 +726,20 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(devm_of_qcom_ice_get);
>
> static int qcom_ice_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
> {
> - struct qcom_ice *engine;
> void __iomem *base;
>
> + guard(mutex)(&ice_mutex);
> +
> base = devm_platform_ioremap_resource(pdev, 0);
> if (IS_ERR(base)) {
> dev_warn(&pdev->dev, "ICE registers not found\n");
> + ice_handle = base;
> return PTR_ERR(base);
> }
>
> - engine = qcom_ice_create(&pdev->dev, base);
> - if (IS_ERR(engine))
> - return PTR_ERR(engine);
> -
> - platform_set_drvdata(pdev, engine);
> + ice_handle = qcom_ice_create(&pdev->dev, base);
> + if (IS_ERR(ice_handle))
> + return PTR_ERR(ice_handle);
>
> return 0;
> }
>
> --
> 2.51.0
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