[PATCH v5 4/5] phy: qcom: qmp-usb-legacy: Prevent unnecessary PM runtime suspend at boot

From: Loic Poulain

Date: Tue Jul 21 2026 - 09:06:56 EST


Runtime PM has to be enabled before creating the PHY, since phy_create()
only enables runtime PM on the PHY device if it is already enabled on
this parent device. This opens a small window where the device can be
runtime suspended after pm_runtime_enable() and before the later
pm_runtime_forbid(), causing an unnecessary suspend/resume cycle while
the PHY is not yet registered.

Take a runtime PM usage reference with pm_runtime_get_noresume() before
enabling runtime PM and release it once the PHY has been created to
prevent the device from being runtime suspended during that window.

Reviewed-by: Abel Vesa <abel.vesa@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Dmitry Baryshkov <dmitry.baryshkov@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Loic Poulain <loic.poulain@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/phy/qualcomm/phy-qcom-qmp-usb-legacy.c | 16 +++++++++++++---
1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/phy/qualcomm/phy-qcom-qmp-usb-legacy.c b/drivers/phy/qualcomm/phy-qcom-qmp-usb-legacy.c
index fc490589c8e4888770807a60170905a1c7610421..eb1826fb26f0868f7758245b0cbe1a0590fea9a3 100644
--- a/drivers/phy/qualcomm/phy-qcom-qmp-usb-legacy.c
+++ b/drivers/phy/qualcomm/phy-qcom-qmp-usb-legacy.c
@@ -1285,10 +1285,16 @@ static int qmp_usb_legacy_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
if (ret)
goto err_node_put;

+ /*
+ * Enable runtime PM before creating the PHY, phy_create() only enables
+ * it on the PHY device if already enabled on the parent. Hold a usage
+ * reference so callbacks cannot run before qmp->phy is assigned.
+ */
+ pm_runtime_get_noresume(dev);
pm_runtime_set_active(dev);
ret = devm_pm_runtime_enable(dev);
if (ret)
- goto err_node_put;
+ goto err_pm_put;
/*
* Prevent runtime pm from being ON by default. Users can enable
* it using power/control in sysfs.
@@ -1297,23 +1303,27 @@ static int qmp_usb_legacy_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)

ret = phy_pipe_clk_register(qmp, np);
if (ret)
- goto err_node_put;
+ goto err_pm_put;

qmp->phy = devm_phy_create(dev, np, &qmp_usb_legacy_phy_ops);
if (IS_ERR(qmp->phy)) {
ret = PTR_ERR(qmp->phy);
dev_err(dev, "failed to create PHY: %d\n", ret);
- goto err_node_put;
+ goto err_pm_put;
}

phy_set_drvdata(qmp->phy, qmp);

+ pm_runtime_put(dev);
+
of_node_put(np);

phy_provider = devm_of_phy_provider_register(dev, of_phy_simple_xlate);

return PTR_ERR_OR_ZERO(phy_provider);

+err_pm_put:
+ pm_runtime_put_noidle(dev);
err_node_put:
of_node_put(np);
return ret;

--
2.34.1