[PATCH 2/3] scsi: ufs: qcom: call phy_init() before phy_power_on()
From: Vladimir Oltean
Date: Fri Mar 27 2026 - 07:14:39 EST
The Qualcomm UFS host controller driver violates the Generic PHY API
expectation, documented in section "Order of API calls" from
Documentation/driver-api/phy/phy.rst, and then tries to hide it.
The expectation is that calls must be made in the phy_init() ->
phy_power_on() -> phy_power_off() -> phy_exit() sequence.
What we actually have is:
ufshcd_init()
-> ufshcd_hba_init()
-> ufshcd_setup_clocks(hba, true)
-> ufshcd_vops_setup_clocks(hba, true, POST_CHANGE)
-> ufs_qcom_setup_clocks(hba, true, POST_CHANGE)
-> phy_power_on(phy)
-> ufshcd_variant_hba_init()
-> ufs_qcom_init()
-> ufs_qcom_setup_clocks(hba, true, POST_CHANGE)
-> phy_power_on(phy)
-> ufshcd_hba_enable()
-> ufshcd_vops_hce_enable_notify()
-> ufs_qcom_hce_enable_notify()
-> ufs_qcom_power_up_sequence()
-> if (phy->power_count) phy_power_off(phy)
-> phy_init(phy)
This "works" because the way that the "phy_power_on was called before
phy_init\n" condition is detected in phy-core.c is if the power_count is
positive at the phy_init() call time.
By having that "if (phy->power_count) phy_power_off(phy)" logic, the
ufs-qcom.c technically sidesteps the test, but actually violates the
Generic PHY API even more (calls phy_power_on() *and* phy_power_off()
before phy_init()).
The reason why I stumbled upon this was that I was trying to remove
dereferences of phy->power_count from drivers. This is a PHY-internal
field, and using it from drivers is highly likely to be incorrect, as
this case showcases rather well.
As commit 77d2fa54a945 ("scsi: ufs: qcom : Refactor phy_power_on/off
calls") shows, this driver tries to couple the PHY power state with the
HBA clocks, for power saving reasons. I won't try to change that, I will
just move the phy_init() call earlier, to ufs_qcom_init().
After the phy_init() movement, ufs_qcom_power_up_sequence() should no
longer need to do either phy_init() nor the conditional phy_power_off().
However, phy_power_off() is still needed, for a separate reason which
will be dealt with separately.
Signed-off-by: Vladimir Oltean <vladimir.oltean@xxxxxxx>
---
Cc: "James E.J. Bottomley" <James.Bottomley@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Manivannan Sadhasivam <mani@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: "Martin K. Petersen" <martin.petersen@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Nitin Rawat <quic_nitirawa@xxxxxxxxxxx>
v5->v6: rewrite after actually understanding the core issue
v4->v5: patch is new
---
drivers/ufs/host/ufs-qcom.c | 14 +++++++-------
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/ufs/host/ufs-qcom.c b/drivers/ufs/host/ufs-qcom.c
index 375fd24ba458..ffa70c6c7143 100644
--- a/drivers/ufs/host/ufs-qcom.c
+++ b/drivers/ufs/host/ufs-qcom.c
@@ -513,13 +513,6 @@ static int ufs_qcom_power_up_sequence(struct ufs_hba *hba)
/* phy initialization - calibrate the phy */
- ret = phy_init(phy);
- if (ret) {
- dev_err(hba->dev, "%s: phy init failed, ret = %d\n",
- __func__, ret);
- return ret;
- }
-
ret = phy_set_mode_ext(phy, mode, host->phy_gear);
if (ret)
goto out_disable_phy;
@@ -1441,6 +1434,13 @@ static int ufs_qcom_init(struct ufs_hba *hba)
if (err)
goto out_variant_clear;
+ err = phy_init(host->generic_phy);
+ if (err) {
+ dev_err(hba->dev, "%s: phy_init failed, ret = %d\n",
+ __func__, err);
+ goto out_variant_clear;
+ }
+
ufs_qcom_setup_clocks(hba, true, POST_CHANGE);
ufs_qcom_get_default_testbus_cfg(host);
--
2.34.1
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