Re: [PATCH] usb: typec: Remove alt->adev.dev.class assignment

From: Heikki Krogerus

Date: Tue Mar 24 2026 - 05:55:40 EST


Tue, Mar 24, 2026 at 08:38:18AM +0000, Andrei Kuchynski kirjoitti:
> The typec plug alternate mode is already registered as part of the bus.
> When both class and bus are set for a device, device_add() attempts to
> create the "subsystem" symlink in the device's sysfs directory twice, once
> for the bus and once for the class.
> This results in a duplicate filename error during registration,
> causing the alternate mode registration to fail with warnings:
>
> cannot create duplicate filename '/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1f.0/
> PNP0C09:00/GOOG0004:00/cros-ec-dev.1.auto/cros_ec_ucsi.3.auto/typec/
> port1/port1-cable/port1-plug0/port1-plug0.0/subsystem'
> typec port0-plug0: failed to register alternate mode (-17)
> cros_ec_ucsi.3.auto: failed to registers svid 0x8087 mode 1
>
> Tested-by: Madhu M <madhu.m@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Andrei Kuchynski <akuchynski@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

Thanks for the patch. This needs to be marked as a fix:

Fixes: 67ab45426215 ("usb: typec: Set the bus also for the port and plug altmodes")

thanks,

> ---
> drivers/usb/typec/class.c | 4 ----
> 1 file changed, 4 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/usb/typec/class.c b/drivers/usb/typec/class.c
> index 8314309094719..0977581ad1b6e 100644
> --- a/drivers/usb/typec/class.c
> +++ b/drivers/usb/typec/class.c
> @@ -686,10 +686,6 @@ typec_register_altmode(struct device *parent,
>
> alt->adev.dev.bus = &typec_bus;
>
> - /* Plug alt modes need a class to generate udev events. */
> - if (is_typec_plug(parent))
> - alt->adev.dev.class = &typec_class;
> -
> ret = device_register(&alt->adev.dev);
> if (ret) {
> dev_err(parent, "failed to register alternate mode (%d)\n",
> --
> 2.53.0.983.g0bb29b3bc5-goog

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heikki