Hi Lee, On 9/12/19 14:17, Lee Jones wrote: > On Thu, 21 Nov 2019, Raul E Rangel 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. >> >> 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 +++++++++++++ > > For my own reference: > Acked-for-MFD-by: Lee Jones <lee.jones@xxxxxxxxxx> > Note that there is a v2 for this patch and I did some comments [1] Thanks, Enric [1] https://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/1200560/