linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v1] clk: Mark a fwnode as initialized when using CLK_OF

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Date:   Wed, 01 Mar 2023 12:48:34 -0800
From:   Stephen Boyd <sboyd@...nel.org>
To:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Michael Turquette <mturquette@...libre.com>,
        Saravana Kannan <saravanak@...gle.com>
Cc:     Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>, kernel-team@...roid.com,
        linux-clk@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v1] clk: Mark a fwnode as initialized when using CLK_OF_DECLARE* macros

Quoting Stephen Boyd (2023-03-01 12:40:03)
> Quoting Saravana Kannan (2023-02-28 17:25:06)
> > The CLK_OF_DECLARE macros sometimes prevent the creation of struct
> > devices for the device node being handled. It does this by
> > setting/clearing OF_POPULATED flag. This can block the probing of some
> > devices because fw_devlink will block the consumers of this node till a
> > struct device is created and probed.
> 
> Why can't you use CLK_OF_DECLARE_DRIVER()?

Ah I misunderstood. CLK_OF_DECLARE() _always_ prevents the creation of a
struct device for the device node being handled. The 'sometimes' threw
me off.

> 
> > 
> > Set the appropriate fwnode flags when these device nodes are initialized
> > by the clock framework and when OF_POPULATED flag is set/cleared. This
> > will allow fw_devlink to handle the dependencies correctly.

How is this different from commit 3c9ea42802a1 ("clk: Mark fwnodes when
their clock provider is added/removed")? Do you have some user of
CLK_OF_DECLARE() that isn't registering an OF clk provider?