Re: [PATCH v1 1/2] device property: Keep secondary firmware node secondary by type

From: Rafael J. Wysocki
Date: Tue Oct 27 2020 - 14:24:00 EST


On Thu, Oct 22, 2020 at 8:41 PM Andy Shevchenko
<andriy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Behind primary and secondary we understand the type of the nodes
> which might define their ordering. However, if primary node gone,
> we can't maintain the ordering by definition of the linked list.
> Thus, by ordering secondary node becomes first in the list.
> But in this case the meaning of it is still secondary (or auxiliary).
> The type of the node is maintained by the secondary pointer in it:
>
> secondary pointer Meaning
> NULL or valid primary node
> ERR_PTR(-ENODEV) secondary node
>
> So, if by some reason we do the following sequence of calls
>
> set_primary_fwnode(dev, NULL);
> set_primary_fwnode(dev, primary);
>
> we should preserve secondary node.
>
> This concept is supported by the description of set_primary_fwnode()
> along with implementation of set_secondary_fwnode(). Hence, fix
> the commit c15e1bdda436 to follow this as well.
>
> Fixes: c15e1bdda436 ("device property: Fix the secondary firmware node handling in set_primary_fwnode()")
> Cc: Ferry Toth <fntoth@xxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/base/core.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/base/core.c b/drivers/base/core.c
> index c852f16c111b..41feab679fa1 100644
> --- a/drivers/base/core.c
> +++ b/drivers/base/core.c
> @@ -4278,7 +4278,7 @@ void set_primary_fwnode(struct device *dev, struct fwnode_handle *fwnode)
> } else {
> if (fwnode_is_primary(fn)) {
> dev->fwnode = fn->secondary;
> - fn->secondary = NULL;
> + fn->secondary = ERR_PTR(-ENODEV);
> } else {
> dev->fwnode = NULL;
> }
> --

Applied as 5.10-rc material along with the [2/2], thanks!