linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] platform: set of_node in platform_device_register

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Date:   Wed, 20 Feb 2019 11:53:50 +0000
From:   Måns Rullgård <mans@...sr.com>
To:     "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@...nel.org>
Cc:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] platform: set of_node in platform_device_register_full()

Mans Rullgard <mans@...sr.com> writes:

> If the provided fwnode is an OF node, set dev.of_node as well.
>
> Some drivers are just shims that create extra "glue" devices with the
> DT device as parent and have the real driver bind to these.  In these
> cases, the glue device needs to get a reference to the original DT node
> in order for the main driver to access properties and child nodes.
>
> For example, the sunxi-musb driver creates such a glue device using
> platform_device_register_full().  Consequently, devices attached to
> this USB interface don't get associated with DT nodes, if present,
> the way they do with EHCI.
>
> This change will allow sunxi-musb and similar driver to easily
> propagate the DT node to child devices as required.
>
> Signed-off-by: Mans Rullgard <mans@...sr.com>
> ---
>  drivers/base/platform.c | 1 +
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/base/platform.c b/drivers/base/platform.c
> index dff82a3c2caa..853a1d0e5845 100644
> --- a/drivers/base/platform.c
> +++ b/drivers/base/platform.c
> @@ -512,6 +512,7 @@ struct platform_device *platform_device_register_full(
>
>  	pdev->dev.parent = pdevinfo->parent;
>  	pdev->dev.fwnode = pdevinfo->fwnode;
> +	pdev->dev.of_node = of_node_get(to_of_node(pdev->dev.fwnode));
>
>  	if (pdevinfo->dma_mask) {
>  		/*
> -- 

Sorry, I forgot to add a v2 to this.  Anyway, the only change is the
commit message.

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Måns Rullgård