Hi Saravana, On Thu, Jan 26, 2023 at 04:11:36PM -0800, Saravana Kannan wrote: > The driver core now: > - Has the parent device of a supplier pick up the consumers if the > supplier never has a device created for it. > - Ignores a supplier if the supplier has no parent device and will never > be probed by a driver > > And already prevents creating a device link with the consumer as a > supplier of a parent. > > So, we no longer need to find the "compatible" node of the supplier or > do any other checks in of_link_to_phandle(). We simply need to make sure > that the supplier is available in DT. > > Signed-off-by: Saravana Kannan <saravanak@xxxxxxxxxx> > --- > drivers/of/property.c | 84 +++++++------------------------------------ > 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 71 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/drivers/of/property.c b/drivers/of/property.c > index 134cfc980b70..c651aad6f34b 100644 > --- a/drivers/of/property.c > +++ b/drivers/of/property.c > @@ -1062,20 +1062,6 @@ of_fwnode_device_get_match_data(const struct fwnode_handle *fwnode, > return of_device_get_match_data(dev); > } > > -static bool of_is_ancestor_of(struct device_node *test_ancestor, > - struct device_node *child) > -{ > - of_node_get(child); > - while (child) { > - if (child == test_ancestor) { > - of_node_put(child); > - return true; > - } > - child = of_get_next_parent(child); > - } > - return false; > -} > - > static struct device_node *of_get_compat_node(struct device_node *np) > { > of_node_get(np); > @@ -1106,71 +1092,27 @@ static struct device_node *of_get_compat_node_parent(struct device_node *np) > return node; > } > > -/** > - * of_link_to_phandle - Add fwnode link to supplier from supplier phandle > - * @con_np: consumer device tree node > - * @sup_np: supplier device tree node > - * > - * Given a phandle to a supplier device tree node (@sup_np), this function > - * finds the device that owns the supplier device tree node and creates a > - * device link from @dev consumer device to the supplier device. This function > - * doesn't create device links for invalid scenarios such as trying to create a > - * link with a parent device as the consumer of its child device. In such > - * cases, it returns an error. > - * > - * Returns: > - * - 0 if fwnode link successfully created to supplier > - * - -EINVAL if the supplier link is invalid and should not be created > - * - -ENODEV if struct device will never be create for supplier > - */ > -static int of_link_to_phandle(struct device_node *con_np, > +static void of_link_to_phandle(struct device_node *con_np, > struct device_node *sup_np) > { > - struct device *sup_dev; > - struct device_node *tmp_np = sup_np; > + struct device_node *tmp_np = of_node_get(sup_np); > > - /* > - * Find the device node that contains the supplier phandle. It may be > - * @sup_np or it may be an ancestor of @sup_np. > - */ > - sup_np = of_get_compat_node(sup_np); > - if (!sup_np) { > - pr_debug("Not linking %pOFP to %pOFP - No device\n", > - con_np, tmp_np); > - return -ENODEV; > - } > + /* Check that sup_np and its ancestors are available. */ > + while (tmp_np) { > + if (of_fwnode_handle(tmp_np)->dev) { > + of_node_put(tmp_np); > + break; > + } > > - /* > - * Don't allow linking a device node as a consumer of one of its > - * descendant nodes. By definition, a child node can't be a functional > - * dependency for the parent node. > - */ > - if (of_is_ancestor_of(con_np, sup_np)) { > - pr_debug("Not linking %pOFP to %pOFP - is descendant\n", > - con_np, sup_np); > - of_node_put(sup_np); > - return -EINVAL; > - } > + if (!of_device_is_available(tmp_np)) { > + of_node_put(tmp_np); > + return; > + } > > - /* > - * Don't create links to "early devices" that won't have struct devices > - * created for them. > - */ > - sup_dev = get_dev_from_fwnode(&sup_np->fwnode); > - if (!sup_dev && > - (of_node_check_flag(sup_np, OF_POPULATED) || > - sup_np->fwnode.flags & FWNODE_FLAG_NOT_DEVICE)) { > - pr_debug("Not linking %pOFP to %pOFP - No struct device\n", > - con_np, sup_np); > - of_node_put(sup_np); > - return -ENODEV; > + tmp_np = of_get_next_parent(tmp_np); > } > - put_device(sup_dev); > > fwnode_link_add(of_fwnode_handle(con_np), of_fwnode_handle(sup_np)); fwnode_link_add() returns int. Why is the return type of this function changed to void? > - of_node_put(sup_np); > - > - return 0; > } > > /** -- Regards, Sakari Ailus