linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] of/platform: increase refcount of fwnode

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Message-ID: <ZNse/kwnG9WTc9cL@smile.fi.intel.com>
Date:   Tue, 15 Aug 2023 09:45:18 +0300
From:   Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>
To:     "Peng Fan (OSS)" <peng.fan@....nxp.com>
Cc:     robh+dt@...nel.org, krzysztof.kozlowski+dt@...aro.org,
        conor+dt@...nel.org, frowand.list@...il.com,
        devicetree@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Peng Fan <peng.fan@....com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] of/platform: increase refcount of fwnode

On Sat, Aug 12, 2023 at 08:24:11PM +0800, Peng Fan (OSS) wrote:
> From: Peng Fan <peng.fan@....com>
> 
> commit 0f8e5651095b
> ("of/platform: Propagate firmware node by calling device_set_node()")
> use of_fwnode_handle to replace of_node_get, which introduces a side
> effect that the refcount is not increased. Then the out of tree
> jailhouse hypervisor enable/disable test will trigger kernel dump in
> of_overlay_remove, with the following sequence
> "
>    of_changeset_revert(&overlay_changeset);
>    of_changeset_destroy(&overlay_changeset);
>    of_overlay_remove(&overlay_id);
> "
> 
> So increase the refcount to avoid issues.

Right, thank you for the report!
I was too busy to send myself a fix (I realized about the issue).
But what I think about this the actual platform code has to be balanced with
this. I dunno why we have OF code do one part and the platform core do the
other. It's not obvious and prone to mistakes (like I made).

Let me look to this closer.

-- 
With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko