Re: [PATCH] gpiolib: of: Use correct fwnode for DT-probed chips

From: Brian Masney
Date: Mon Nov 14 2022 - 16:16:29 EST


On Fri, Nov 11, 2022 at 12:37:32PM +0100, Thierry Reding wrote:
> From: Thierry Reding <treding@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> The OF node store in chip->fwnode is used to explicitly override the FW
> node for a GPIO chip. For chips that use the default FW node (i.e. that
> of their parent device), this will be NULL and cause the chip not to be
> fully registered.
>
> Instead, use the GPIO device's FW node, which is set to either the node
> of the parent device or the explicit override in chip->fwnode.
>
> Fixes: 8afe82550240 ("gpiolib: of: Prepare of_gpiochip_add() / of_gpiochip_remove() for fwnode")
> Tested-by: Marek Szyprowski <m.szyprowski@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Thierry Reding <treding@xxxxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Brian Masney <bmasney@xxxxxxxxxx>
Tested-by: Brian Masney <bmasney@xxxxxxxxxx>

I separately sent a similar type of patch to fix the same issue today:
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-arm-msm/20221114202943.2389489-1-bmasney@xxxxxxxxxx/T/#u

I'm still not sure what caused this breakage in linux-next.

Brian