RE: [PATCH v7 3/9] software node: allow referencing firmware nodes

["Jiawen Wu" <jiawenwu@trustnetic.com>]

On Tue, Dec 23, 2025 6:42 PM, Danilo Krummrich wrote:
> On Tue Dec 23, 2025 at 10:48 AM CET, Jiawen Wu wrote:
> > On Tue, Dec 23, 2025 5:37 PM, Bartosz Golaszewski wrote:
> >> On Tue, Dec 23, 2025 at 9:44 AM Jiawen Wu <jiawenwu@trustnetic.com> wrote:
> >> > And I temporarily added this line to fix it:
> >> >
> >> > diff --git a/include/linux/property.h b/include/linux/property.h
> >> > index 272bfbdea7bf..e30ef23a9af3 100644
> >> > --- a/include/linux/property.h
> >> > +++ b/include/linux/property.h
> >> > @@ -371,6 +371,7 @@ struct software_node_ref_args {
> >> >  (const struct software_node_ref_args) {                                \
> >> >         .swnode = _Generic(_ref_,                               \
> >> >                            const struct software_node *: _ref_, \
> >> > +                          struct software_node *: _ref_,       \
> >> >                            default: NULL),                      \
> >> >         .fwnode = _Generic(_ref_,                               \
> >> >                            struct fwnode_handle *: _ref_,       \
> >> >
> >>
> >> Ah I see, we'd assign struct software_node * to const struct
> >> software_node * and it used to work but with _Generic() we need the
> >> exact type. I agree with this approach, do you want to send a proper
> >> patch?
> >
> > It might be more appropriate for you to send the patch, and could also
> > check if there are any other missed details, like for fwnode...
> > I'm not very proficient in this field. :)
> 
> There is already [1], which I queued up in the driver-core tree to send as fix
> for -rc3.
> 
> [1] https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20251219083638.2454138-1-sakari.ailus@linux.intel.com/

I apologize for not noticing this patch... I did something superfluous.