[PATCH] usb: typec: tcpci: add alert.fault handling

From: Marco Felsch

Date: Fri Jul 31 2026 - 04:37:36 EST


Add minimal handling to clear the ALERT.Fault bit which may be set in
case of an over-current or over-voltage detection. At the moment only
the IRQ clear support is added since the TCPC Spec mentions that the
handling of such events is vendor specific.

Signed-off-by: Marco Felsch <m.felsch@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/usb/typec/tcpm/tcpci.c | 16 +++++++++++++++-
1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/usb/typec/tcpm/tcpci.c b/drivers/usb/typec/tcpm/tcpci.c
index a56e31b20c21..d2d5bf7ca618 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/typec/tcpm/tcpci.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/typec/tcpm/tcpci.c
@@ -692,7 +692,8 @@ static int tcpci_init(struct tcpc_dev *tcpc)

reg = TCPC_ALERT_TX_SUCCESS | TCPC_ALERT_TX_FAILED |
TCPC_ALERT_TX_DISCARDED | TCPC_ALERT_RX_STATUS |
- TCPC_ALERT_RX_HARD_RST | TCPC_ALERT_CC_STATUS;
+ TCPC_ALERT_RX_HARD_RST | TCPC_ALERT_CC_STATUS |
+ TCPC_ALERT_FAULT;
if (tcpci->controls_vbus)
reg |= TCPC_ALERT_POWER_STATUS;
/* Enable VSAFE0V status interrupt when detecting VSAFE0V is supported */
@@ -720,6 +721,19 @@ irqreturn_t tcpci_irq(struct tcpci *tcpci)
irq_ret = status & tcpci->alert_mask;

process_status:
+ /*
+ * Handle nested fault before clearing the alert status to not
+ * re-trigger a fault alert immediately again.
+ */
+ if (status & TCPC_ALERT_FAULT) {
+ unsigned int fault;
+
+ /* TODO: Add a proper over-current and over-voltage handling */
+ ret = regmap_read(tcpci->regmap, TCPC_FAULT_STATUS, &fault);
+ if (!ret)
+ regmap_write(tcpci->regmap, TCPC_FAULT_STATUS, fault);
+ }
+
/*
* Clear alert status for everything except RX_STATUS, which shouldn't
* be cleared until we have successfully retrieved message.
--
2.47.3