netdev - [PATCH v1 2/2] net: dsa: rtl8366rb: Quick fix to work with fw

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Message-Id: <20210826074526.825517-3-saravanak@google.com>
Date:   Thu, 26 Aug 2021 00:45:25 -0700
From:   Saravana Kannan <saravanak@...gle.com>
To:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@...nel.org>,
        Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>,
        Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>,
        Vivien Didelot <vivien.didelot@...il.com>,
        Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>,
        Vladimir Oltean <olteanv@...il.com>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>, Len Brown <lenb@...nel.org>
Cc:     Saravana Kannan <saravanak@...gle.com>,
        Alvin Sipraga <ALSI@...g-olufsen.dk>, kernel-team@...roid.com,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH v1 2/2] net: dsa: rtl8366rb: Quick fix to work with fw_devlink=on

This is just a quick fix to make this driver work with fw_devlink=on.
The proper fix might need a significant amount of rework of the driver
of the framework to use a component device model.

Signed-off-by: Saravana Kannan <saravanak@...gle.com>
---
 drivers/net/dsa/realtek-smi-core.c | 7 +++++++
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/net/dsa/realtek-smi-core.c b/drivers/net/dsa/realtek-smi-core.c
index 8e49d4f85d48..f79c174f4954 100644
--- a/drivers/net/dsa/realtek-smi-core.c
+++ b/drivers/net/dsa/realtek-smi-core.c
@@ -394,6 +394,13 @@ static int realtek_smi_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	var = of_device_get_match_data(dev);
 	np = dev->of_node;
 
+	/* This driver assumes the child PHYs would be probed successfully
+	 * before this functions returns. That's not a valid assumption, but
+	 * let fw_devlink know so that this driver continues to function with
+	 * fw_devlink=on.
+	 */
+	np->fwnode.flags |= FWNODE_FLAG_BROKEN_PARENT;
+
 	smi = devm_kzalloc(dev, sizeof(*smi) + var->chip_data_sz, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!smi)
 		return -ENOMEM;
-- 
2.33.0.rc2.250.ged5fa647cd-goog