If the node is added to an already exiting device, the node
needs to be also linked to the device separately.
This will make sure the reference count is kept in balance
also when the node is injected to a device afterwards.
Reported-by: Pierre-Louis Bossart <pierre-louis.bossart@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Fixes: e68d0119e328 ("software node: Introduce device_add_software_node()")
Signed-off-by: Heikki Krogerus <heikki.krogerus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/base/swnode.c | 5 +++--
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/base/swnode.c b/drivers/base/swnode.c
index 740333629b420..3cc11b813f28c 100644
--- a/drivers/base/swnode.c
+++ b/drivers/base/swnode.c
@@ -1045,6 +1045,7 @@ int device_add_software_node(struct device *dev, const struct software_node *nod
}
set_secondary_fwnode(dev, &swnode->fwnode);
+ software_node_notify(dev, KOBJ_ADD);
return 0;
}
@@ -1118,8 +1119,8 @@ int software_node_notify(struct device *dev, unsigned long action)
switch (action) {
case KOBJ_ADD:
- ret = sysfs_create_link(&dev->kobj, &swnode->kobj,
- "software_node");
+ ret = sysfs_create_link_nowarn(&dev->kobj, &swnode->kobj,
+ "software_node");
if (ret)
break;
--
2.30.2
