Re: [PATCH v2 4/4] usb: dwc3: Notify XHCI core of tunneled status

[Thinh Nguyen]

On Wed, Jul 15, 2026, Konrad Dybcio wrote:
> From: Konrad Dybcio <konrad.dybcio@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> The Thunderbolt framework relies on the USB core to create device links
> for tunneled ports, so that the USB3 controller is only kept
> runtime-resumed for the duration of the tunneling. This depends on
> first knowing whether a connection is tunneled or native.
> 
> Add the logic to handle that for DWC3 controllers.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Konrad Dybcio <konrad.dybcio@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  drivers/usb/dwc3/core.c | 16 ++++++++++++++++
>  drivers/usb/dwc3/core.h | 18 ++++++++++++++++++
>  drivers/usb/dwc3/host.c | 12 ++++++++++++
>  3 files changed, 46 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/usb/dwc3/core.c b/drivers/usb/dwc3/core.c
> index fd5c2cd36c59..6ee6fce4c927 100644
> --- a/drivers/usb/dwc3/core.c
> +++ b/drivers/usb/dwc3/core.c
> @@ -162,6 +162,22 @@ void dwc3_set_prtcap(struct dwc3 *dwc, u32 mode, bool ignore_susphy)
>  }
>  EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(dwc3_set_prtcap);
>  
> +enum usb_link_tunnel_mode dwc3_link_tunnel_mode(struct dwc3 *dwc, u8 port)
> +{
> +	/* Prior versions had no CIO support */
> +	if (!DWC3_VER_IS_WITHIN(DWC31, 191A, ANY))
> +		return USB_LINK_NATIVE;

Refer on the feedback from the other patches, this should return
USB_LINK_UNKNOWN instead.

> +
> +	/* Not all DWC3 instances have CIO HW, trust the platform firmware */
> +	if (!device_property_present(dwc->dev, "usb4-host-interface"))
> +		return USB_LINK_NATIVE;

Same here.

> +
> +	if (dwc3_readl(dwc, DWC3_CIOCTRL(port)) & DWC3_CIOCTRL_CIO_EN)
> +		return USB_LINK_TUNNELED;
> +
> +	return USB_LINK_NATIVE;
> +}
> +

Thanks,
Thinh