When loading a DT overlay that creates a device, the device is not instantiated, unless the DT overlay is unloaded and reloaded again. Saravana explains: Basically for all overlays (I hope the function is only used for overlays) we assume all nodes are NOT devices until they actually get added as a device. Don't review the code, it's not meant to be :) Based on a hacky patch by Saravana Kannan, which covered only platform and spi devices. Fixes: 4a032827daa89350 ("of: property: Simplify of_link_to_phandle()") Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/CAGETcx_+rhHvaC_HJXGrr5_WAd2+k5f=rWYnkCZ6z5bGX-wj4w@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@xxxxxxxxx> --- Marked RFC as Saravana said this is an ugly hack. Still, this is a regression in v6.3-rc1 that should be fixed. --- drivers/bus/imx-weim.c | 1 + drivers/i2c/i2c-core-of.c | 1 + drivers/of/dynamic.c | 1 + drivers/of/platform.c | 1 + drivers/spi/spi.c | 1 + 5 files changed, 5 insertions(+) diff --git a/drivers/bus/imx-weim.c b/drivers/bus/imx-weim.c index 2a6b4f676458612e..71d8807170fa9f29 100644 --- a/drivers/bus/imx-weim.c +++ b/drivers/bus/imx-weim.c @@ -329,6 +329,7 @@ static int of_weim_notify(struct notifier_block *nb, unsigned long action, "Failed to setup timing for '%pOF'\n", rd->dn); if (!of_node_check_flag(rd->dn, OF_POPULATED)) { + rd->dn->fwnode.flags &= ~FWNODE_FLAG_NOT_DEVICE; if (!of_platform_device_create(rd->dn, NULL, &pdev->dev)) { dev_err(&pdev->dev, "Failed to create child device '%pOF'\n", diff --git a/drivers/i2c/i2c-core-of.c b/drivers/i2c/i2c-core-of.c index bce6b796e04c2ca0..79a0d47010ba0b20 100644 --- a/drivers/i2c/i2c-core-of.c +++ b/drivers/i2c/i2c-core-of.c @@ -178,6 +178,7 @@ static int of_i2c_notify(struct notifier_block *nb, unsigned long action, return NOTIFY_OK; } + rd->dn->fwnode.flags &= ~FWNODE_FLAG_NOT_DEVICE; client = of_i2c_register_device(adap, rd->dn); if (IS_ERR(client)) { dev_err(&adap->dev, "failed to create client for '%pOF'\n", diff --git a/drivers/of/dynamic.c b/drivers/of/dynamic.c index 07d93753b12f5f4d..e311d406b1705306 100644 --- a/drivers/of/dynamic.c +++ b/drivers/of/dynamic.c @@ -226,6 +226,7 @@ static void __of_attach_node(struct device_node *np) np->sibling = np->parent->child; np->parent->child = np; of_node_clear_flag(np, OF_DETACHED); + np->fwnode.flags |= FWNODE_FLAG_NOT_DEVICE; } /** diff --git a/drivers/of/platform.c b/drivers/of/platform.c index b2bd2e783445dd78..17c92cbfb62ee3ef 100644 --- a/drivers/of/platform.c +++ b/drivers/of/platform.c @@ -737,6 +737,7 @@ static int of_platform_notify(struct notifier_block *nb, if (of_node_check_flag(rd->dn, OF_POPULATED)) return NOTIFY_OK; + rd->dn->fwnode.flags &= ~FWNODE_FLAG_NOT_DEVICE; /* pdev_parent may be NULL when no bus platform device */ pdev_parent = of_find_device_by_node(rd->dn->parent); pdev = of_platform_device_create(rd->dn, NULL, diff --git a/drivers/spi/spi.c b/drivers/spi/spi.c index 1a65f96fe2aff591..7bd053a32fad1a3c 100644 --- a/drivers/spi/spi.c +++ b/drivers/spi/spi.c @@ -4480,6 +4480,7 @@ static int of_spi_notify(struct notifier_block *nb, unsigned long action, return NOTIFY_OK; } + rd->dn->fwnode.flags &= ~FWNODE_FLAG_NOT_DEVICE; spi = of_register_spi_device(ctlr, rd->dn); put_device(&ctlr->dev); -- 2.34.1