Hi Laurent On 30/11/2020 16:12, Laurent Pinchart wrote: > On Mon, Nov 30, 2020 at 06:11:52PM +0200, Laurent Pinchart wrote: >> Hi Daniel, >> >> Thank you for the patch. >> >> On Mon, Nov 30, 2020 at 01:31:15PM +0000, Daniel Scally wrote: >>> Registering software_nodes with the .parent member set to point to a >>> currently unregistered software_node has the potential for problems, >>> so enforce parent -> child ordering in arrays passed to this function. >>> >>> Suggested-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> >>> Signed-off-by: Daniel Scally <djrscally@xxxxxxxxx> >>> --- >>> Changes since RFC v3: >>> >>> Patch introduced >>> >>> drivers/base/swnode.c | 15 +++++++++++---- >>> 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) >>> >>> diff --git a/drivers/base/swnode.c b/drivers/base/swnode.c >>> index 615a0c93e116..af7930b3679e 100644 >>> --- a/drivers/base/swnode.c >>> +++ b/drivers/base/swnode.c >>> @@ -700,14 +700,21 @@ int software_node_register_nodes(const struct software_node *nodes) >>> int i; >>> >>> for (i = 0; nodes[i].name; i++) { >>> + if (nodes[i].parent) >>> + if (!software_node_to_swnode(nodes[i].parent)) { >>> + ret = -EINVAL; >>> + goto err_unregister_nodes; >>> + } >>> + >>> ret = software_node_register(&nodes[i]); >>> - if (ret) { >>> - software_node_unregister_nodes(nodes); >>> - return ret; >>> - } >>> + if (ret) >>> + goto err_unregister_nodes; >>> } >>> >>> return 0; >> I'd add a blank line here. >> >> Reviewed-by: Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > I spoke a bit too soon. Could you update the documentation of the > function to explain this new requirement ? Oops - of course, will do >>> +err_unregister_nodes: >>> + software_node_unregister_nodes(nodes); >>> + return ret; >>> } >>> EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(software_node_register_nodes); >>> >> -- >> Regards, >> >> Laurent Pinchart