On Thu, 21 Nov 2019, Guenter Roeck wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 21, 2019 at 1:11 PM Raul E Rangel <rrangel@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > If the i2c-cros-ec-tunnel driver is compiled into the kernel, it is
> > possible that i2c-cros-ec-tunnel could be probed before cros_ec_XXX
> > has finished initializing and setting the drvdata. This would cause a
> > NULL pointer panic.
> >
> > Converting this driver over to an MFD solves the problem and aligns with
> > where the cros_ec is going.
> >
>
> I thought the mfd maintainer objects to the use of the mfd API outside
> drivers/mfd. Did that change recently ?
It hasn't changed, although I don't see that here?
> > Signed-off-by: Raul E Rangel <rrangel@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> > You can now see the device node lives under the mfd device.
> >
> > $ find /sys/bus/platform/devices/cros-ec-dev.0.auto/cros-ec-i2c-tunnel.12.auto/ -iname firmware_node -exec ls -l '{}' \;
> > /sys/bus/platform/devices/cros-ec-dev.0.auto/cros-ec-i2c-tunnel.12.auto/firmware_node -> ../../../../../../LNXSYSTM:00/LNXSYBUS:00/PNP0A08:00/device:1c/PNP0C09:00/GOOG0004:00/GOOG0012:00
> > /sys/bus/platform/devices/cros-ec-dev.0.auto/cros-ec-i2c-tunnel.12.auto/i2c-9/firmware_node -> ../../../../../../../LNXSYSTM:00/LNXSYBUS:00/PNP0A08:00/device:1c/PNP0C09:00/GOOG0004:00/GOOG0012:00
> > /sys/bus/platform/devices/cros-ec-dev.0.auto/cros-ec-i2c-tunnel.12.auto/i2c-9/i2c-10EC5682:00/firmware_node -> ../../../../../../../../LNXSYSTM:00/LNXSYBUS:00/PNP0A08:00/device:1c/PNP0C09:00/GOOG0004:00/GOOG0012:00/10EC5682:00
> >
> > drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-cros-ec-tunnel.c | 36 +++++++++----------------
> > drivers/mfd/cros_ec_dev.c | 19 +++++++++++++
> > 2 files changed, 32 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)
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