Hello Saravana, [+cc Hervé Codina] On Tue, 6 Feb 2024 17:18:01 -0800 Saravana Kannan <saravanak@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > After commit 4a032827daa8 ("of: property: Simplify of_link_to_phandle()"), > remote-endpoint properties created a fwnode link from the consumer device > to the supplier endpoint. This is a tiny bit inefficient (not buggy) when > trying to create device links or detecting cycles. So, improve this the > same way we improved finding the consumer of a remote-endpoint property. > > Fixes: 4a032827daa8 ("of: property: Simplify of_link_to_phandle()") > Signed-off-by: Saravana Kannan <saravanak@xxxxxxxxxx> After rebasing my own branch on v6.8-rc5 from v6.8-rc1 I started getting unexpected warnings during device tree overlay removal. After a somewhat painful bisection I identified this patch as the one that triggers it all. > --- > --- a/drivers/of/property.c > +++ b/drivers/of/property.c > @@ -1232,7 +1232,6 @@ DEFINE_SIMPLE_PROP(pinctrl5, "pinctrl-5", NULL) > DEFINE_SIMPLE_PROP(pinctrl6, "pinctrl-6", NULL) > DEFINE_SIMPLE_PROP(pinctrl7, "pinctrl-7", NULL) > DEFINE_SIMPLE_PROP(pinctrl8, "pinctrl-8", NULL) > -DEFINE_SIMPLE_PROP(remote_endpoint, "remote-endpoint", NULL) > DEFINE_SIMPLE_PROP(pwms, "pwms", "#pwm-cells") > DEFINE_SIMPLE_PROP(resets, "resets", "#reset-cells") > DEFINE_SIMPLE_PROP(leds, "leds", NULL) > @@ -1298,6 +1297,17 @@ static struct device_node *parse_interrupts(struct device_node *np, > return of_irq_parse_one(np, index, &sup_args) ? NULL : sup_args.np; > } > > +static struct device_node *parse_remote_endpoint(struct device_node *np, > + const char *prop_name, > + int index) > +{ > + /* Return NULL for index > 0 to signify end of remote-endpoints. */ > + if (!index || strcmp(prop_name, "remote-endpoint")) There seem to be a bug here: "!index" should be "index > 0", as the comment suggests. Otherwise NULL is always returned. I am going to send a quick patch for that, but haven't done so yet because it still won't solve the problem, so I wanted to open the topic here without further delay. Even with the 'index > 0' fix I'm still getting pretty much the same: [ 34.836781] ------------[ cut here ]------------ [ 34.841401] WARNING: CPU: 2 PID: 204 at drivers/base/devres.c:1064 devm_kfree+0x8c/0xfc ... [ 35.024751] Call trace: [ 35.027199] devm_kfree+0x8c/0xfc [ 35.030520] devm_drm_panel_bridge_release+0x54/0x64 [drm_kms_helper] [ 35.036990] devres_release_group+0xe0/0x164 [ 35.041264] i2c_device_remove+0x38/0x9c [ 35.045196] device_remove+0x4c/0x80 [ 35.048774] device_release_driver_internal+0x1d4/0x230 [ 35.054003] device_release_driver+0x18/0x24 [ 35.058279] bus_remove_device+0xcc/0x10c [ 35.062292] device_del+0x15c/0x41c [ 35.065786] device_unregister+0x18/0x34 [ 35.069714] i2c_unregister_device+0x54/0x88 [ 35.073988] of_i2c_notify+0x98/0x224 [ 35.077656] blocking_notifier_call_chain+0x6c/0xa0 [ 35.082543] __of_changeset_entry_notify+0x100/0x16c [ 35.087515] __of_changeset_revert_notify+0x44/0x78 [ 35.092398] of_overlay_remove+0x114/0x1c4 ... By comparing the two versions I found that before removing the overlay: * in the "working" case (with this patch reverted) I have: # ls /sys/class/devlink/ | grep 002c platform:hpbr--i2c:13-002c platform:panel-dsi-lvds--i2c:13-002c platform:regulator-sys-1v8--i2c:13-002c regulator:regulator.31--i2c:13-002c # * in the "broken" case (v6.8-rc5 + s/!index/index > 0/ as mentioned): # ls /sys/class/devlink/ | grep 002c platform:hpbr--i2c:13-002c platform:regulator-sys-1v8--i2c:13-002c regulator:regulator.30--i2c:13-002c # So in the latter case the panel-dsi-lvds--i2c:13-002c link is missing. I think it gets created but later on removed. Here's a snippet of the kernel log when that happens: [ 9.578279] ----- cycle: start ----- [ 9.578283] /soc@0/bus@30800000/i2c@30ad0000/i2cmux@70/i2c@3/dsi-lvds-bridge@2c: cycle: depends on /panel-dsi-lvds [ 9.578308] /panel-dsi-lvds: cycle: depends on /soc@0/bus@30800000/i2c@30ad0000/i2cmux@70/i2c@3/dsi-lvds-bridge@2c [ 9.578329] ----- cycle: end ----- [ 9.578334] platform panel-dsi-lvds: Fixed dependency cycle(s) with /soc@0/bus@30800000/i2c@30ad0000/i2cmux@70/i2c@3/dsi-lvds-bridge@2c ... [ 9.590620] /panel-dsi-lvds Dropping the fwnode link to /soc@0/bus@30800000/i2c@30ad0000/i2cmux@70/i2c@3/dsi-lvds-bridge@2c ... [ 9.597280] ----- cycle: start ----- [ 9.597283] /panel-dsi-lvds: cycle: depends on /soc@0/bus@30800000/i2c@30ad0000/i2cmux@70/i2c@3/dsi-lvds-bridge@2c [ 9.602781] /soc@0/bus@30800000/i2c@30ad0000/i2cmux@70/i2c@3/dsi-lvds-bridge@2c: cycle: depends on /panel-dsi-lvds [ 9.607581] ----- cycle: end ----- [ 9.607585] i2c 13-002c: Fixed dependency cycle(s) with /panel-dsi-lvds [ 9.614217] device: 'platform:panel-dsi-lvds--i2c:13-002c': device_add ... [ 9.614277] /soc@0/bus@30800000/i2c@30ad0000/i2cmux@70/i2c@3/dsi-lvds-bridge@2c Dropping the fwnode link to /panel-dsi-lvds [ 9.614369] /soc@0/bus@30800000/i2c@30ad0000/i2cmux@70/i2c@3/dsi-lvds-bridge@2c Dropping the fwnode link to /regulator-dock-sys-1v8 ... [ 9.739840] panel-simple panel-dsi-lvds: Dropping the link to 13-002c [ 9.739846] device: 'i2c:13-002c--platform:panel-dsi-lvds': device_unregister [ 10.247037] sn65dsi83 13-002c: Dropping the link to panel-dsi-lvds [ 10.247049] device: 'platform:panel-dsi-lvds--i2c:13-002c': device_unregister And here's the relevant portion of my device tree overlay: --------------------8<-------------------- /dts-v1/; /plugin/; &{/} { panel_dsi_lvds: panel-dsi-lvds { compatible = "auo,g133han01.1"; ports { #address-cells = <1>; #size-cells = <0>; port@0{ reg = <0>; dual-lvds-odd-pixels; panel_dsi_lvds_in0: endpoint { remote-endpoint = <&sn65dsi84_out0>; }; }; port@1{ reg = <1>; dual-lvds-even-pixels; panel_dsi_lvds_in1: endpoint { remote-endpoint = <&sn65dsi84_out1>; }; }; }; }; }; &i2c5_ch3 { dsi-lvds-bridge@2c { compatible = "ti,sn65dsi84"; reg = <0x2c>; vcc-supply = <®_sys_1v8>; ports { #address-cells = <1>; #size-cells = <0>; port@0 { reg = <0>; sn65dsi84_from_bridge: endpoint { remote-endpoint = <&hpbr_source>; data-lanes = <1 2 3 4>; }; }; port@2 { reg = <2>; sn65dsi84_out0: endpoint { remote-endpoint = <&panel_dsi_lvds_in0>; }; }; port@3 { reg = <3>; sn65dsi84_out1: endpoint { remote-endpoint = <&panel_dsi_lvds_in1>; }; }; }; }; }; --------------------8<-------------------- That's all I could get at this point. Any clues for further investigation? Best regards, Luca -- Luca Ceresoli, Bootlin Embedded Linux and Kernel engineering https://bootlin.com