Re: [PATCH iwl-net v5] ice: fix missing dpll notifications for SW pins

From: Michal Schmidt

Date: Tue Apr 14 2026 - 15:16:57 EST


On 4/9/26 12:25, Petr Oros wrote:
---
drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_dpll.c | 74 +++++++++++++++++++----
1 file changed, 63 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_dpll.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_dpll.c
index 3f8cd5b8298b57..d817f17dcf1951 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_dpll.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_dpll.c
@@ -1154,6 +1154,30 @@ ice_dpll_input_state_get(const struct dpll_pin *pin, void *pin_priv,
extack, ICE_DPLL_PIN_TYPE_INPUT);
}
+/**
+ * ice_dpll_sw_pin_notify_peer - notify the paired SW pin after a state change
+ * @d: pointer to dplls struct
+ * @changed: the SW pin that was explicitly changed (already notified by dpll core)
+ *
+ * SMA and U.FL pins share physical signal paths in pairs (SMA1/U.FL1 and
+ * SMA2/U.FL2). When one pin's routing changes via the PCA9575 GPIO
+ * expander, the paired pin's state may also change. Send a change
+ * notification for the peer pin so userspace consumers monitoring the
+ * peer via dpll netlink learn about the update.
+ *
+ * Context: Can be called under pf->dplls.lock, dpll_pin_change_ntf() is safe.
+ */
+static void ice_dpll_sw_pin_notify_peer(struct ice_dplls *d,
+ struct ice_dpll_pin *changed)
+{
+ struct ice_dpll_pin *peer;
+
+ peer = (changed >= d->sma && changed < d->sma + ICE_DPLL_PIN_SW_NUM) ?
+ &d->ufl[changed->idx] : &d->sma[changed->idx];
+ if (peer->pin)
+ dpll_pin_change_ntf(peer->pin);
+}
+
/**
* ice_dpll_sma_direction_set - set direction of SMA pin
* @p: pointer to a pin
@@ -1233,6 +1257,8 @@ static int ice_dpll_sma_direction_set(struct ice_dpll_pin *p,
ret = ice_dpll_pin_state_update(p->pf, target,
type, extack);
}
+ if (!ret)
+ ice_dpll_sw_pin_notify_peer(d, p);
return ret;
}

ice_dpll_sma_direction_set() runs to process a DPLL_CMD_PIN_SET command from userspace. It runs with dpll_lock held - taken in dpll_pin_pre_doit().
ice_dpll_sw_pin_notify_peer() -> dpll_pin_change_ntf() will take dpll_lock again and deadlock.

Michal