Re: [PATCH] usb: dwc3: qcom: Add support to skip phy management by USB core

[Thinh Nguyen]

On Tue, Sep 08, 2026, Val Packett wrote:
> 
> On 9/8/26 7:33 PM, Val Packett wrote:
> > 
> > On 7/23/26 7:54 AM, Krishna Kurapati wrote:
> > > DWC3 driver does manage phys itself sufficiently for Qualcomm platforms.
> > > If xhci-skip-phy-init is not set, the HCD core does a phy_init and phy_
> > > exit is done only when roothub is being destroyed. Due to this, during
> > > system suspend in host mode, although phy_exit is done by DWC3 core, the
> > > init_count on phy is never down to zero since HCD core also did an init.
> > > consequently causing phy's exit routine to not be called. Hence, add
> > > support to skip phy management by USB core.
> > > 
> > > Some Exynos platforms still do rely on USB core for phy_calibrate calls,
> > > hence disable USB core management for Qualcomm platforms only.
> > > 
> > > Signed-off-by: Krishna Kurapati <krishna.kurapati@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > ---
> > > Link to PHY calibrate handling for Exynos platforms:
> > > https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://lore.kernel.org/all/20190829053028.32438-1-m.szyprowski@xxxxxxxxxxx/__;!!A4F2R9G_pg!aoY0pB27Tlxo3u1RzNzwPHpGsjuAgJWtPeKMvDrL___6gEQb28ew8Rg-O1877xBHB92Zv2fY3_Zbb2aoEQY$
> > > 
> > 
> > Hi,
> > 
> > this was merged into -next a few days ago, and I'm seeing warnings on
> > boot now:
> > 
> > [    0.613188] sysfs: cannot create duplicate filename
> > '/devices/platform/soc@0/a800000.usb/software_node'
> > [    0.613195] CPU: 10 UID: 0 PID: 93 Comm: kworker/u49:0 Tainted: G   
> >     W           7.3.0-rc2-next-20260907-uwu+ #143 PREEMPT(full)
> > [    0.613197] Tainted: [W]=WARN
> > [    0.613198] Hardware name: Dell Inc. Latitude 7455/0FK7MX, BIOS
> > 2.13.0 09/19/2025
> > [    0.613199] Workqueue: events_unbound deferred_probe_work_func
> > [    0.613206] Call trace:
> > [..]
> > [    0.613226]  device_create_managed_software_node+0xe8/0x108
> > [    0.613227]  dwc3_qcom_probe+0x5a4/0x7b0
> > 
> > There is indeed already a software node being created in the shared dwc3
> > core code.
> > 
> > Could there be any other consequences than a duplicate sysfs path?
> > 
> Answering my own question: even worse messages when the controller switches
> to gadget mode (which happens even with chargers when DRD is enabled)
> 


Thanks for the report Val.

Hi Krishna,

Can you help send a revert patch until a proper change is in available?

Thanks,
Thinh