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

From: Krishna Kurapati

Date: Wed Sep 09 2026 - 05:54:05 EST


This reverts commit be7b1c68cd3e4fc0f5a4e1b85696de1052f21f2f.

Commit be7b1c68cd3e ("usb: dwc3: qcom: Add support to skip phy management by USB core")
is causing a regression on qualcomm platforms.

During role switch it tends to cause the following crash:

[ 5.620951] refcount_t: underflow; use-after-free.
[ 5.621114] Call trace:
[ 5.621115] refcount_warn_saturate+0xd8/0x140 (P)
[ 5.621117] kobject_put+0x11c/0x230
[ 5.621121] software_node_notify_remove+0xdc/0xf8
[ 5.621124] device_del+0x1dc/0x328
[ 5.621126] usb_disconnect+0x1d8/0x348
[ 5.621129] usb_remove_hcd+0x100/0x2a8
[ 5.621131] xhci_plat_remove+0x8c/0x170
[ 5.621134] platform_remove+0x28/0x40
[ 5.621135] device_release_driver_internal+0x174/0x290
[ 5.621138] device_release_driver+0x20/0x38
[ 5.621140] bus_remove_device+0x19c/0x1f8
[ 5.621142] device_del+0x1c4/0x328
[ 5.621143] platform_device_unregister+0x34/0xc0
[ 5.621145] dwc3_host_exit+0x50/0x70
[ 5.621146] __dwc3_set_mode+0xa4/0x378

[ 5.644535] Unable to handle kernel paging request at virtual address
[ 5.644657] Workqueue: events_freezable __dwc3_set_mode
[ 5.644664] pc : __pi_strcmp+0x9c/0x140
[ 5.644668] lr : software_node_property_present+0x60/0x98
[ 5.644697] Call trace:
[ 5.644698] __pi_strcmp+0x9c/0x140 (P)
[ 5.644700] device_property_present+0x9c/0xc0
[ 5.644703] dwc3_gadget_init+0x230/0x7b0
[ 5.644704] __dwc3_set_mode+0x314/0x378
[ 5.644707] process_scheduled_works+0x1b8/0x538
[ 5.644710] worker_thread+0x1fc/0x2f8
[ 5.644711] kthread+0x114/0x148
[ 5.644713] ret_from_fork+0x10/0x20

Revert skipping of usb core phy management for Qualcomm platforms to avoid
the above issues.

Reported-by: Val Packett <val@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/all/f9926203-ee69-4e18-b6c7-95261ba10807@xxxxxxxxxxxx/
Signed-off-by: Krishna Kurapati <krishna.kurapati@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/usb/dwc3/dwc3-qcom.c | 15 ---------------
1 file changed, 15 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/usb/dwc3/dwc3-qcom.c b/drivers/usb/dwc3/dwc3-qcom.c
index ba26e61df915..ac68b4218b56 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/dwc3/dwc3-qcom.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/dwc3/dwc3-qcom.c
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
#include <linux/iopoll.h>
#include <linux/usb/hcd.h>
#include <linux/usb.h>
-#include <linux/property.h>
#include "core.h"
#include "glue.h"

@@ -420,16 +419,6 @@ static irqreturn_t qcom_dwc3_resume_irq(int irq, void *data)
return IRQ_HANDLED;
}

-static int dwc3_qcom_set_swnode(struct device *dev)
-{
- const struct property_entry props[] = {
- PROPERTY_ENTRY_BOOL("xhci-skip-phy-init-quirk"),
- {}
- };
-
- return device_create_managed_software_node(dev, props, NULL);
-}
-
static void dwc3_qcom_select_utmi_clk(struct dwc3_qcom *qcom)
{
/* Configure dwc3 to use UTMI clock as PIPE clock not present */
@@ -694,10 +683,6 @@ static int dwc3_qcom_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
if (ignore_pipe_clk)
dwc3_qcom_select_utmi_clk(qcom);

- ret = dwc3_qcom_set_swnode(dev);
- if (ret)
- goto clk_disable;
-
qcom->mode = usb_get_dr_mode(dev);

if (qcom->mode == USB_DR_MODE_HOST) {

---
base-commit: 34c9c5517033a74039a54dfab24e7bf767a4e0e4
change-id: 20260909-xhci-fixes-revert-59e68fe3b641

Best regards,
--
Krishna Kurapati <krishna.kurapati@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>