RE: [PATCH net-next v3 8/8] r8152: support UPS for RTL8157 and RTL8159

From: Chih Kai Hsu

Date: Tue Sep 15 2026 - 08:28:04 EST


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> issue(s) to consider:
>
> Critical: 0 · High: 0 · Medium: 1 · Low: 0
>
> - [Medium] Incomplete version dispatch: the four new switch statements
> added by this patch enumerate only RTL_VER_16 and RTL_VER_17_QFN68
> and…
>
> --
>
> r8152: support UPS for RTL8157 and RTL8159
>
> This adds r8157_ups_en() for the RTL8157/RTL8159 UPS enable sequence,
> extends r8156_ups_flags() with per-speed EEE flags and 5G/10G speed
> encodings, and switches r8157_init()/r8159_init() over to the new enable
> helper.
>
> > diff --git a/drivers/net/usb/r8152.c b/drivers/net/usb/r8152.c index
> > 2b0972b967385..cc18b1c5a17c3 100644
> > --- a/drivers/net/usb/r8152.c
> > +++ b/drivers/net/usb/r8152.c
>
> [ ... ]
>
> > @@ -4178,8 +4184,27 @@ static void r8156_ups_flags(struct r8152 *tp)
> > if (tp->ups_info.aldps)
> > ups_flags |= UPS_FLAGS_EN_ALDPS;
> >
> > - if (tp->ups_info.eee)
> > - ups_flags |= UPS_FLAGS_EN_EEE;
> > + if (tp->ups_info.eee) {
> > + switch (tp->version) {
> > + case RTL_VER_17_QFN68:
> > + if (tp->eee_adv & MDIO_EEE_10GT)
> > + ups_flags |= UPS_FLAGS_EN_10G_EEE;
> > + fallthrough;
> > + case RTL_VER_16:
>
> [Severity: Medium]
>
> Should RTL_VER_17_QFN100 be listed here as well?

No, VER_17_QFN100 doesn't support UPS.

>
> In rtl_ops_init() the two RTL8159 packages share one identical block:
>
> case RTL_VER_17_QFN68:
> case RTL_VER_17_QFN100:
> tp->eee_en = true;
> tp->eee_adv = MDIO_EEE_100TX |
> MDIO_EEE_1000T | MDIO_EEE_10GT;
> tp->eee_adv2 = MDIO_EEE_2_5GT |
> MDIO_EEE_5GT;
> ops->init = r8159_init;
> ...
> ops->hw_phy_cfg = r8159_hw_phy_cfg;
> ops->autosuspend_en = rtl8157_runtime_enable;
>
> So QFN100 advertises the same 100M through 10G EEE capabilities, but with
> only RTL_VER_17_QFN68 matched above it takes the default arm and gets the
> old UPS_FLAGS_EN_EEE encoding that this patch replaces for this chip
> generation.
>
> > + if (tp->eee_adv & MDIO_EEE_100TX)
> > + ups_flags |= UPS_FLAGS_EN_100M_EEE;
> > + if (tp->eee_adv & MDIO_EEE_1000T)
> > + ups_flags |=
> UPS_FLAGS_EN_1000M_EEE;
> > + if (tp->eee_adv2 & MDIO_EEE_2_5GT)
> > + ups_flags |=
> UPS_FLAGS_EN_2500M_EEE;
> > + if (tp->eee_adv2 & MDIO_EEE_5GT)
> > + ups_flags |=
> UPS_FLAGS_EN_5000M_EEE;
> > + break;
> > + default:
> > + ups_flags |= UPS_FLAGS_EN_EEE;
> > + break;
> > + }
> > + }
> >
> > if (tp->ups_info.flow_control)
> > ups_flags |= UPS_FLAGS_EN_FLOW_CTR; @@ -4230,20
> +4255,33
> > @@ static void r8156_ups_flags(struct r8152 *tp)
> > case NWAY_2500M_FULL:
> > ups_flags |= ups_flags_speed(9);
> > break;
> > + case NWAY_5000M_FULL:
> > + ups_flags |= ups_flags_speed(10);
> > + break;
> > + case NWAY_10000M_FULL:
> > + ups_flags |= ups_flags_speed(11);
> > + break;
> > default:
> > break;
> > }
> >
> > - switch (tp->ups_info.lite_mode) {
> > - case 1:
> > - ups_flags |= 0 << 5;
> > - break;
> > - case 2:
> > - ups_flags |= 2 << 5;
> > + switch (tp->version) {
> > + case RTL_VER_16:
> > + case RTL_VER_17_QFN68:
> > break;
> > - case 0:
> > default:
> > - ups_flags |= 1 << 5;
>
> [Severity: Medium]
>
> Same question for the lite_mode suppression: RTL_VER_17_QFN100 is not
> listed, so it still gets the bit 5/6 lite_mode field that this hunk treats as not
> applicable to this generation.
>
> > + switch (tp->ups_info.lite_mode) {
> > + case 1:
> > + ups_flags |= 0 << 5;
> > + break;
> > + case 2:
> > + ups_flags |= 2 << 5;
> > + break;
> > + case 0:
> > + default:
> > + ups_flags |= 1 << 5;
> > + break;
> > + }
> > break;
> > }
> >
>
> [ ... ]
>
> > @@ -4573,9 +4640,28 @@ static void rtl8157_runtime_enable(struct r8152
> *tp, bool enable)
> > r8153b_u1u2en(tp, false);
> > r8157_u2p3en(tp, false);
> > rtl_runtime_suspend_enable(tp, true);
> > +
> > + switch (tp->version) {
> > + case RTL_VER_16:
> > + case RTL_VER_17_QFN68:
> > + r8157_ups_en(tp, true);
> > + break;
> > + default:
> > + break;
> > + }
>
> [Severity: Medium]
>
> Does this leave RTL_VER_17_QFN100 without UPS entirely?
>
> rtl_ops_init() assigns ops->autosuspend_en = rtl8157_runtime_enable for both
> RTL_VER_17_QFN68 and RTL_VER_17_QFN100, and __rtl_get_pkg_det()
> results of 0x18/0x1a select RTL_VER_17_QFN100. On runtime suspend the
> chain is:
>
> rtl8152_runtime_suspend()
> -> tp->rtl_ops.autosuspend_en(tp, true)
> == rtl8157_runtime_enable(tp, true)
> -> switch (tp->version) ... default: break;
>
> so r8157_ups_en() is never reached for that package, while the commit
> message says "support UPS for RTL8157 and RTL8159".
>
> > } else {
> > r8153_queue_wake(tp, false);
> > rtl_runtime_suspend_enable(tp, false);
> > +
> > + switch (tp->version) {
> > + case RTL_VER_16:
> > + case RTL_VER_17_QFN68:
> > + r8157_ups_en(tp, false);
> > + break;
> > + default:
> > + break;
> > + }
>
> [Severity: Medium]
>
> Mirror of the above on the resume path.
>
> Note that r8159_init(), shared by both RTL8159 packages, was converted in this
> same patch:
>
> r8157_power_cut_en(tp, false);
> r8157_ups_en(tp, false);
>
> so the QFN100 path does get the new disable call at probe/init time, but never
> the enable/disable dispatch during runtime suspend and resume.
>
> There is a QFN68-only quirk elsewhere in r8159_init() ("Enable u2phy backup
> restore patch"), so a package-specific restriction is plausible.
> Should case RTL_VER_17_QFN100 be added to all four new switches, or
> should the commit message be scoped to the QFN68 package with a note on
> the hardware difference?
>
> > r8157_u2p3en(tp, true);
> > if (tp->udev->speed >= USB_SPEED_SUPER)
> > r8153b_u1u2en(tp, true);
>
> [ ... ]
>
> > @@ -9130,7 +9216,7 @@ static void r8159_init(struct r8152 *tp)
> > ocp_write_word(tp, MCU_TYPE_USB, USB_U1U2_TIMER, 500);
> >
> > r8157_power_cut_en(tp, false);
> > - r8156_ups_en(tp, false);
> > + r8157_ups_en(tp, false);
> > r8153_queue_wake(tp, false);
> > rtl_runtime_suspend_enable(tp, false);
> >
>
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Best,
Chih-Kai