Re: [PATCH 1/3] mfd-core: Don't register supplies from add_device, add register_supply_aliases()

[Lee Jones <lee.jones@linaro.org>]

> > >>> We cannot register supply alias in mfd_add_device before calling
> > >>> platform_add_device, for 2 reasons:
> > >>> 1) devm resources may not be registered before the (platform) drivers probe
> > >>>    method runs
> > >>> 2) The platform-dev's name must be set before registering the aliases which
> > >>>    happens from platform_add_device.
> > >>>
> > >>> So stop registering supply aliases from mfd_add_device, and add a
> > >>> mfd_register_supply_aliases helper functions for the cell's plaform driver
> > >>> probe method to use.
> > >>>
> > >>> Signed-off-by: Hans de Goede <hdegoede@redhat.com>
> > >>> ---
> > >>>  drivers/mfd/mfd-core.c   | 37 +++++++++++++++++++++----------------
> > >>>  include/linux/mfd/core.h |  6 +++++-
> > >>>  2 files changed, 26 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-)
> > >>
> > >> Change looks reasonable to me, but I'd like to have Mark look over the
> > >> changes.  If he's okay with them I think it's best for this set to go
> > >> through the MFD tree as a whole.
> > > 
> > > This should already be fixed by this patch:
> > > 
> > > mfd: core: Don't use devres functions before device is added
> > 
> > Ah, I did not check next, yes that would fix *half* of the problem,
> > the other half is that adding aliases uses dev->name (at least for
> > logging, did not check if it is used for anything else) and that is
> > not set yet before the device is added.
> > 
> > Basically the moral of the story is that it is a BAD idea to do
> > anything with a device before it is added. So my proposed series
> > would replace the "mfd: core: Don't use devres functions before device is added"
> > patch.
> 
> Cool cool, since my patch doesn't seem to have made it in anyway
> I guess lets proceed with your series then.

The patch is applied locally, but the branch isn't pushed.  I'll
replace that patch with this set - once Mark provides his feedback.

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Lee Jones
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