From: Frank Rowand <frank.rowand@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Pantelis Antoniou reports that of_find_node_by_path() is borked because of_allnodes is not guaranteed to contain the root of the tree after using any of the dynamic update functions because some other nodes ends up as of_allnodes. Fixes: c22e650e66b8 of: Make of_find_node_by_path() handle /aliases Signed-off-by: Frank Rowand <frank.rowand@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- Pantelis, Can you test whether the problem you reported in irc? This patch has not been tested, not even compile tested. drivers/of/base.c | 8 6 + 2 - 0 ! 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) Index: b/drivers/of/base.c =================================================================== --- a/drivers/of/base.c +++ b/drivers/of/base.c @@ -1948,6 +1948,9 @@ int of_reconfig_notify(unsigned long act /** * of_attach_node - Plug a device node into the tree and global list. + * + * Put the device node after of_allnodes in the global list so that + * of_allnodes remains the root. */ int of_attach_node(struct device_node *np) { @@ -1958,11 +1961,12 @@ int of_attach_node(struct device_node *n if (rc) return rc; + BUG_ON(!of_allnodes); raw_spin_lock_irqsave(&devtree_lock, flags); np->sibling = np->parent->child; - np->allnext = of_allnodes; + np->allnext = of_allnodes->allnext; np->parent->child = np; - of_allnodes = np; + of_allnodes->allnext = np; of_node_clear_flag(np, OF_DETACHED); raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&devtree_lock, flags); -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe devicetree" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html