On 3/24/23 04:30, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote: > When loading a DT overlay that creates a device, the device is not > instantiated, unless the DT overlay is unloaded and reloaded again. > > Saravana explains: > Basically for all overlays (I hope the function is only used for > overlays) we assume all nodes are NOT devices until they actually > get added as a device. > > Based on a patch by Saravana Kannan, which covered only platform and spi > devices. I have given this a quick look but want to look more deeply at overall context. (That Geert found imx-weim, i2c, and spi is a good sign.) At the top of my list for Monday 3/27. -Frank > > Fixes: 4a032827daa89350 ("of: property: Simplify of_link_to_phandle()") > Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/CAGETcx_+rhHvaC_HJXGrr5_WAd2+k5f=rWYnkCZ6z5bGX-wj4w@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Signed-off-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@xxxxxxxxx> > Acked-by: Mark Brown <broonie@xxxxxxxxxx> > --- > v2: > - Add Acked-by, > - Drop RFC. > --- > drivers/bus/imx-weim.c | 1 + > drivers/i2c/i2c-core-of.c | 1 + > drivers/of/dynamic.c | 1 + > drivers/of/platform.c | 1 + > drivers/spi/spi.c | 1 + > 5 files changed, 5 insertions(+) > > diff --git a/drivers/bus/imx-weim.c b/drivers/bus/imx-weim.c > index 36d42484142aede2..898e23a4231400fa 100644 > --- a/drivers/bus/imx-weim.c > +++ b/drivers/bus/imx-weim.c > @@ -329,6 +329,7 @@ static int of_weim_notify(struct notifier_block *nb, unsigned long action, > "Failed to setup timing for '%pOF'\n", rd->dn); > > if (!of_node_check_flag(rd->dn, OF_POPULATED)) { > + rd->dn->fwnode.flags &= ~FWNODE_FLAG_NOT_DEVICE; > if (!of_platform_device_create(rd->dn, NULL, &pdev->dev)) { > dev_err(&pdev->dev, > "Failed to create child device '%pOF'\n", > diff --git a/drivers/i2c/i2c-core-of.c b/drivers/i2c/i2c-core-of.c > index aa93467784c29c89..303f9003562eed3d 100644 > --- a/drivers/i2c/i2c-core-of.c > +++ b/drivers/i2c/i2c-core-of.c > @@ -178,6 +178,7 @@ static int of_i2c_notify(struct notifier_block *nb, unsigned long action, > return NOTIFY_OK; > } > > + rd->dn->fwnode.flags &= ~FWNODE_FLAG_NOT_DEVICE; > client = of_i2c_register_device(adap, rd->dn); > if (IS_ERR(client)) { > dev_err(&adap->dev, "failed to create client for '%pOF'\n", > diff --git a/drivers/of/dynamic.c b/drivers/of/dynamic.c > index 07d93753b12f5f4d..e311d406b1705306 100644 > --- a/drivers/of/dynamic.c > +++ b/drivers/of/dynamic.c > @@ -226,6 +226,7 @@ static void __of_attach_node(struct device_node *np) > np->sibling = np->parent->child; > np->parent->child = np; > of_node_clear_flag(np, OF_DETACHED); > + np->fwnode.flags |= FWNODE_FLAG_NOT_DEVICE; > } > > /** > diff --git a/drivers/of/platform.c b/drivers/of/platform.c > index b2bd2e783445dd78..17c92cbfb62ee3ef 100644 > --- a/drivers/of/platform.c > +++ b/drivers/of/platform.c > @@ -737,6 +737,7 @@ static int of_platform_notify(struct notifier_block *nb, > if (of_node_check_flag(rd->dn, OF_POPULATED)) > return NOTIFY_OK; > > + rd->dn->fwnode.flags &= ~FWNODE_FLAG_NOT_DEVICE; > /* pdev_parent may be NULL when no bus platform device */ > pdev_parent = of_find_device_by_node(rd->dn->parent); > pdev = of_platform_device_create(rd->dn, NULL, > diff --git a/drivers/spi/spi.c b/drivers/spi/spi.c > index 8e8af148b1dc371e..66ac67580d2a473b 100644 > --- a/drivers/spi/spi.c > +++ b/drivers/spi/spi.c > @@ -4527,6 +4527,7 @@ static int of_spi_notify(struct notifier_block *nb, unsigned long action, > return NOTIFY_OK; > } > > + rd->dn->fwnode.flags &= ~FWNODE_FLAG_NOT_DEVICE; > spi = of_register_spi_device(ctlr, rd->dn); > put_device(&ctlr->dev); >