* [PATCH v7 1/3] Revert "treewide: Fix probing of devices in DT overlays"
2026-05-11 15:57 [PATCH v7 0/3] lan966x pci device: Add support for SFPs, core part Herve Codina
@ 2026-05-11 15:57 ` Herve Codina
2026-05-11 15:57 ` [PATCH v7 2/3] of: dynamic: Fix overlayed devices not probing because of fw_devlink Herve Codina
2026-05-11 15:57 ` [PATCH v7 3/3] driver core: Avoid warning when removing a device while its supplier is unbinding Herve Codina
2 siblings, 0 replies; 4+ messages in thread
From: Herve Codina @ 2026-05-11 15:57 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Andrew Lunn, Rob Herring, Saravana Kannan, Geert Uytterhoeven,
Kalle Niemi, Matti Vaittinen, Greg Kroah-Hartman,
Rafael J. Wysocki, Danilo Krummrich, Frank Li, Sascha Hauer,
Pengutronix Kernel Team, Fabio Estevam, Wolfram Sang, Mark Brown,
Andy Shevchenko, Daniel Scally, Heikki Krogerus, Sakari Ailus,
Len Brown, Shawn Guo
Cc: Wolfram Sang, driver-core, linux-kernel, imx, linux-arm-kernel,
linux-i2c, devicetree, linux-spi, linux-acpi, Allan Nielsen,
Horatiu Vultur, Daniel Machon, Steen Hegelund, Luca Ceresoli,
Thomas Petazzoni, Saravana Kannan, Herve Codina
From: Saravana Kannan <saravanak@google.com>
This reverts commit 1a50d9403fb90cbe4dea0ec9fd0351d2ecbd8924.
While the commit fixed fw_devlink overlay handling for one case, it
broke it for another case. So revert it and redo the fix in a separate
patch.
Fixes: 1a50d9403fb9 ("treewide: Fix probing of devices in DT overlays")
Reported-by: Herve Codina <herve.codina@bootlin.com>
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/CAMuHMdXEnSD4rRJ-o90x4OprUacN_rJgyo8x6=9F9rZ+-KzjOg@mail.gmail.com/
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20240221095137.616d2aaa@bootlin.com/
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20240312151835.29ef62a0@bootlin.com/
Signed-off-by: Saravana Kannan <saravanak@google.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20240411235623.1260061-2-saravanak@google.com/
[Herve: Fix conflicts due to f72e77c33e4b ("device property: Make
modifications of fwnode "flags" thread safe")]
Signed-off-by: Herve Codina <herve.codina@bootlin.com>
Acked-by: Mark Brown <broonie@kernel.org>
Acked-by: Rob Herring (Arm) <robh@kernel.org>
---
drivers/bus/imx-weim.c | 6 ------
drivers/i2c/i2c-core-of.c | 5 -----
drivers/of/dynamic.c | 1 -
drivers/of/platform.c | 5 -----
drivers/spi/spi.c | 5 -----
5 files changed, 22 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/bus/imx-weim.c b/drivers/bus/imx-weim.c
index f735e0462c55..87070155b057 100644
--- a/drivers/bus/imx-weim.c
+++ b/drivers/bus/imx-weim.c
@@ -327,12 +327,6 @@ static int of_weim_notify(struct notifier_block *nb, unsigned long action,
"Failed to setup timing for '%pOF'\n", rd->dn);
if (!of_node_check_flag(rd->dn, OF_POPULATED)) {
- /*
- * Clear the flag before adding the device so that
- * fw_devlink doesn't skip adding consumers to this
- * device.
- */
- fwnode_clear_flag(&rd->dn->fwnode, FWNODE_FLAG_NOT_DEVICE);
if (!of_platform_device_create(rd->dn, NULL, &pdev->dev)) {
dev_err(&pdev->dev,
"Failed to create child device '%pOF'\n",
diff --git a/drivers/i2c/i2c-core-of.c b/drivers/i2c/i2c-core-of.c
index 354a88d0599e..30b48a428c0b 100644
--- a/drivers/i2c/i2c-core-of.c
+++ b/drivers/i2c/i2c-core-of.c
@@ -176,11 +176,6 @@ static int of_i2c_notify(struct notifier_block *nb, unsigned long action,
return NOTIFY_OK;
}
- /*
- * Clear the flag before adding the device so that fw_devlink
- * doesn't skip adding consumers to this device.
- */
- fwnode_clear_flag(&rd->dn->fwnode, FWNODE_FLAG_NOT_DEVICE);
client = of_i2c_register_device(adap, rd->dn);
if (IS_ERR(client)) {
dev_err(&adap->dev, "failed to create client for '%pOF'\n",
diff --git a/drivers/of/dynamic.c b/drivers/of/dynamic.c
index ade288372101..aa450425ec1e 100644
--- a/drivers/of/dynamic.c
+++ b/drivers/of/dynamic.c
@@ -225,7 +225,6 @@ static void __of_attach_node(struct device_node *np)
np->sibling = np->parent->child;
np->parent->child = np;
of_node_clear_flag(np, OF_DETACHED);
- fwnode_set_flag(&np->fwnode, FWNODE_FLAG_NOT_DEVICE);
raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&devtree_lock, flags);
diff --git a/drivers/of/platform.c b/drivers/of/platform.c
index a42224f9d1a8..53bca8c6f781 100644
--- a/drivers/of/platform.c
+++ b/drivers/of/platform.c
@@ -744,11 +744,6 @@ static int of_platform_notify(struct notifier_block *nb,
if (of_node_check_flag(rd->dn, OF_POPULATED))
return NOTIFY_OK;
- /*
- * Clear the flag before adding the device so that fw_devlink
- * doesn't skip adding consumers to this device.
- */
- fwnode_clear_flag(&rd->dn->fwnode, FWNODE_FLAG_NOT_DEVICE);
/* pdev_parent may be NULL when no bus platform device */
pdev_parent = of_find_device_by_node(parent);
pdev = of_platform_device_create(rd->dn, NULL,
diff --git a/drivers/spi/spi.c b/drivers/spi/spi.c
index 104279858f56..889e1eecc757 100644
--- a/drivers/spi/spi.c
+++ b/drivers/spi/spi.c
@@ -5003,11 +5003,6 @@ static int of_spi_notify(struct notifier_block *nb, unsigned long action,
return NOTIFY_OK;
}
- /*
- * Clear the flag before adding the device so that fw_devlink
- * doesn't skip adding consumers to this device.
- */
- fwnode_clear_flag(&rd->dn->fwnode, FWNODE_FLAG_NOT_DEVICE);
spi = of_register_spi_device(ctlr, rd->dn);
put_device(&ctlr->dev);
--
2.54.0
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2026-05-11 15:57 [PATCH v7 0/3] lan966x pci device: Add support for SFPs, core part Herve Codina
2026-05-11 15:57 ` [PATCH v7 1/3] Revert "treewide: Fix probing of devices in DT overlays" Herve Codina
@ 2026-05-11 15:57 ` Herve Codina
2026-05-11 15:57 ` [PATCH v7 3/3] driver core: Avoid warning when removing a device while its supplier is unbinding Herve Codina
2 siblings, 0 replies; 4+ messages in thread
From: Herve Codina @ 2026-05-11 15:57 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Andrew Lunn, Rob Herring, Saravana Kannan, Geert Uytterhoeven,
Kalle Niemi, Matti Vaittinen, Greg Kroah-Hartman,
Rafael J. Wysocki, Danilo Krummrich, Frank Li, Sascha Hauer,
Pengutronix Kernel Team, Fabio Estevam, Wolfram Sang, Mark Brown,
Andy Shevchenko, Daniel Scally, Heikki Krogerus, Sakari Ailus,
Len Brown, Shawn Guo
Cc: Wolfram Sang, driver-core, linux-kernel, imx, linux-arm-kernel,
linux-i2c, devicetree, linux-spi, linux-acpi, Allan Nielsen,
Horatiu Vultur, Daniel Machon, Steen Hegelund, Luca Ceresoli,
Thomas Petazzoni, Saravana Kannan, Herve Codina
From: Saravana Kannan <saravanak@google.com>
When an overlay is applied, if the target device has already probed
successfully and bound to a device, then some of the fw_devlink logic
that ran when the device was probed needs to be rerun. This allows newly
created dangling consumers of the overlayed device tree nodes to be
moved to become consumers of the target device.
Fixes: 1a50d9403fb9 ("treewide: Fix probing of devices in DT overlays")
Reported-by: Herve Codina <herve.codina@bootlin.com>
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/CAMuHMdXEnSD4rRJ-o90x4OprUacN_rJgyo8x6=9F9rZ+-KzjOg@mail.gmail.com/
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20240221095137.616d2aaa@bootlin.com/
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20240312151835.29ef62a0@bootlin.com/
Signed-off-by: Saravana Kannan <saravanak@google.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20240411235623.1260061-3-saravanak@google.com/
[Herve: Rebase on top of recent kernel]
[Herve: Add the call to driver_deferred_probe_trigger()]
[Herve: Use fwnode_test_flag() to test fwnode flags value]
Signed-off-by: Herve Codina <herve.codina@bootlin.com>
Tested-by: Kalle Niemi <kaleposti@gmail.com>
Tested-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@glider.be>
Acked-by: Rob Herring (Arm) <robh@kernel.org>
---
drivers/base/core.c | 83 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----
drivers/of/overlay.c | 15 ++++++++
include/linux/fwnode.h | 1 +
3 files changed, 90 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/base/core.c b/drivers/base/core.c
index bd2ddf2aab50..478aa3fbf1e8 100644
--- a/drivers/base/core.c
+++ b/drivers/base/core.c
@@ -235,6 +235,79 @@ static void __fw_devlink_pickup_dangling_consumers(struct fwnode_handle *fwnode,
__fw_devlink_pickup_dangling_consumers(child, new_sup);
}
+static void fw_devlink_pickup_dangling_consumers(struct device *dev)
+{
+ struct fwnode_handle *child;
+
+ guard(mutex)(&fwnode_link_lock);
+
+ fwnode_for_each_available_child_node(dev->fwnode, child)
+ __fw_devlink_pickup_dangling_consumers(child, dev->fwnode);
+ __fw_devlink_link_to_consumers(dev);
+}
+
+/**
+ * fw_devlink_refresh_fwnode - Recheck the tree under this firmware node
+ * @fwnode: The fwnode under which the fwnode tree has changed
+ *
+ * This function is mainly meant to adjust the supplier/consumer dependencies
+ * after a fwnode tree overlay has occurred.
+ */
+void fw_devlink_refresh_fwnode(struct fwnode_handle *fwnode)
+{
+ struct device *dev;
+
+ /*
+ * Find the closest ancestor fwnode that has been converted to a device
+ * that can bind to a driver (bus device).
+ */
+ fwnode_handle_get(fwnode);
+ do {
+ if (fwnode_test_flag(fwnode, FWNODE_FLAG_NOT_DEVICE))
+ continue;
+
+ dev = get_dev_from_fwnode(fwnode);
+ if (!dev)
+ continue;
+
+ if (dev->bus)
+ break;
+
+ put_device(dev);
+ } while ((fwnode = fwnode_get_next_parent(fwnode)));
+
+ /*
+ * If none of the ancestor fwnodes have (yet) been converted to a device
+ * that can bind to a driver, there's nothing to fix up.
+ */
+ if (!fwnode)
+ return;
+
+ WARN(device_is_bound(dev) && dev->links.status != DL_DEV_DRIVER_BOUND,
+ "Don't multithread overlaying and probing the same device!\n");
+
+ /*
+ * If the device has already bound to a driver, then we need to redo
+ * some of the work that was done after the device was bound to a
+ * driver. If the device hasn't bound to a driver, running things too
+ * soon would incorrectly pick up consumers that it shouldn't.
+ */
+ if (dev->links.status == DL_DEV_DRIVER_BOUND) {
+ fw_devlink_pickup_dangling_consumers(dev);
+ /*
+ * Some of dangling consumers could have been put previously in
+ * the deferred probe list due to the unavailability of their
+ * suppliers. Those consumers have been picked up and some of
+ * their suppliers links have been updated. Time to re-try their
+ * probe sequence.
+ */
+ driver_deferred_probe_trigger();
+ }
+
+ put_device(dev);
+ fwnode_handle_put(fwnode);
+}
+
static DEFINE_MUTEX(device_links_lock);
DEFINE_STATIC_SRCU(device_links_srcu);
@@ -1312,16 +1385,8 @@ void device_links_driver_bound(struct device *dev)
* child firmware node.
*/
if (dev->fwnode && dev->fwnode->dev == dev) {
- struct fwnode_handle *child;
-
fwnode_links_purge_suppliers(dev->fwnode);
-
- guard(mutex)(&fwnode_link_lock);
-
- fwnode_for_each_available_child_node(dev->fwnode, child)
- __fw_devlink_pickup_dangling_consumers(child,
- dev->fwnode);
- __fw_devlink_link_to_consumers(dev);
+ fw_devlink_pickup_dangling_consumers(dev);
}
device_remove_file(dev, &dev_attr_waiting_for_supplier);
diff --git a/drivers/of/overlay.c b/drivers/of/overlay.c
index c1c5686fc7b1..4e45f3414c2c 100644
--- a/drivers/of/overlay.c
+++ b/drivers/of/overlay.c
@@ -185,6 +185,15 @@ static int overlay_notify(struct overlay_changeset *ovcs,
return 0;
}
+static void overlay_fw_devlink_refresh(struct overlay_changeset *ovcs)
+{
+ for (int i = 0; i < ovcs->count; i++) {
+ struct device_node *np = ovcs->fragments[i].target;
+
+ fw_devlink_refresh_fwnode(of_fwnode_handle(np));
+ }
+}
+
/*
* The values of properties in the "/__symbols__" node are paths in
* the ovcs->overlay_root. When duplicating the properties, the paths
@@ -951,6 +960,12 @@ static int of_overlay_apply(struct overlay_changeset *ovcs,
pr_err("overlay apply changeset entry notify error %d\n", ret);
/* notify failure is not fatal, continue */
+ /*
+ * Needs to happen after changeset notify to give the listeners a chance
+ * to finish creating all the devices they need to create.
+ */
+ overlay_fw_devlink_refresh(ovcs);
+
ret_tmp = overlay_notify(ovcs, OF_OVERLAY_POST_APPLY);
if (ret_tmp)
if (!ret)
diff --git a/include/linux/fwnode.h b/include/linux/fwnode.h
index 80b38fbf2121..357592c5b375 100644
--- a/include/linux/fwnode.h
+++ b/include/linux/fwnode.h
@@ -250,6 +250,7 @@ int fwnode_link_add(struct fwnode_handle *con, struct fwnode_handle *sup,
u8 flags);
void fwnode_links_purge(struct fwnode_handle *fwnode);
void fw_devlink_purge_absent_suppliers(struct fwnode_handle *fwnode);
+void fw_devlink_refresh_fwnode(struct fwnode_handle *fwnode);
bool fw_devlink_is_strict(void);
#endif
--
2.54.0
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2026-05-11 15:57 [PATCH v7 0/3] lan966x pci device: Add support for SFPs, core part Herve Codina
2026-05-11 15:57 ` [PATCH v7 1/3] Revert "treewide: Fix probing of devices in DT overlays" Herve Codina
2026-05-11 15:57 ` [PATCH v7 2/3] of: dynamic: Fix overlayed devices not probing because of fw_devlink Herve Codina
@ 2026-05-11 15:57 ` Herve Codina
2 siblings, 0 replies; 4+ messages in thread
From: Herve Codina @ 2026-05-11 15:57 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Andrew Lunn, Rob Herring, Saravana Kannan, Geert Uytterhoeven,
Kalle Niemi, Matti Vaittinen, Greg Kroah-Hartman,
Rafael J. Wysocki, Danilo Krummrich, Frank Li, Sascha Hauer,
Pengutronix Kernel Team, Fabio Estevam, Wolfram Sang, Mark Brown,
Andy Shevchenko, Daniel Scally, Heikki Krogerus, Sakari Ailus,
Len Brown, Shawn Guo
Cc: Wolfram Sang, driver-core, linux-kernel, imx, linux-arm-kernel,
linux-i2c, devicetree, linux-spi, linux-acpi, Allan Nielsen,
Horatiu Vultur, Daniel Machon, Steen Hegelund, Luca Ceresoli,
Thomas Petazzoni, Herve Codina, Saravana Kannan
During driver removal, the following warning can appear:
WARNING: CPU: 1 PID: 139 at drivers/base/core.c:1497 __device_links_no_driver+0xcc/0xfc
...
Call trace:
__device_links_no_driver+0xcc/0xfc (P)
device_links_driver_cleanup+0xa8/0xf0
device_release_driver_internal+0x208/0x23c
device_links_unbind_consumers+0xe0/0x108
device_release_driver_internal+0xec/0x23c
device_links_unbind_consumers+0xe0/0x108
device_release_driver_internal+0xec/0x23c
device_links_unbind_consumers+0xe0/0x108
device_release_driver_internal+0xec/0x23c
driver_detach+0xa0/0x12c
bus_remove_driver+0x6c/0xbc
driver_unregister+0x30/0x60
pci_unregister_driver+0x20/0x9c
lan966x_pci_driver_exit+0x18/0xa90 [lan966x_pci]
This warning is triggered when a consumer is removed because the links
status of its supplier is not DL_DEV_DRIVER_BOUND and the link flag
DL_FLAG_SYNC_STATE_ONLY is not set.
The topology in terms of consumers/suppliers used was the following
(consumer ---> supplier):
i2c -----------> OIC ----> PCI device
| ^
| |
+---> pinctrl ---+
When the PCI device is removed, the OIC (interrupt controller) has to be
removed. In order to remove the OIC, pinctrl and i2c need to be removed
and to remove pinctrl, i2c need to be removed. The removal order is:
1) i2c
2) pinctrl
3) OIC
4) PCI device
In details, the removal sequence is the following (with 0000:01:00.0 the
PCI device):
driver_detach: call device_release_driver_internal(0000:01:00.0)...
device_links_busy(0000:01:00.0):
links->status = DL_DEV_UNBINDING
device_links_unbind_consumers(0000:01:00.0):
0000:01:00.0--oic link->status = DL_STATE_SUPPLIER_UNBIND
call device_release_driver_internal(oic)...
device_links_busy(oic):
links->status = DL_DEV_UNBINDING
device_links_unbind_consumers(oic):
oic--pinctrl link->status = DL_STATE_SUPPLIER_UNBIND
call device_release_driver_internal(pinctrl)...
device_links_busy(pinctrl):
links->status = DL_DEV_UNBINDING
device_links_unbind_consumers(pinctrl):
pinctrl--i2c link->status = DL_STATE_SUPPLIER_UNBIND
call device_release_driver_internal(i2c)...
device_links_busy(i2c): links->status = DL_DEV_UNBINDING
__device_links_no_driver(i2c)...
pinctrl--i2c link->status is DL_STATE_SUPPLIER_UNBIND
oic--i2c link->status is DL_STATE_ACTIVE
oic--i2c link->supplier->links.status is DL_DEV_UNBINDING
The warning is triggered by the i2c removal because the OIC (supplier)
links status is not DL_DEV_DRIVER_BOUND. Its links status is indeed set
to DL_DEV_UNBINDING.
It is perfectly legit to have the links status set to DL_DEV_UNBINDING
in that case. Indeed we had started to unbind the OIC which triggered
the consumer unbinding and didn't finish yet when the i2c is unbound.
Avoid the warning when the supplier links status is set to
DL_DEV_UNBINDING and thus support this removal sequence without any
warnings.
Signed-off-by: Herve Codina <herve.codina@bootlin.com>
Reviewed-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Saravana Kannan <saravanak@google.com>
---
drivers/base/core.c | 3 ++-
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/drivers/base/core.c b/drivers/base/core.c
index 478aa3fbf1e8..934da2566c61 100644
--- a/drivers/base/core.c
+++ b/drivers/base/core.c
@@ -1500,7 +1500,8 @@ static void __device_links_no_driver(struct device *dev)
if (link->supplier->links.status == DL_DEV_DRIVER_BOUND) {
WRITE_ONCE(link->status, DL_STATE_AVAILABLE);
} else {
- WARN_ON(!device_link_test(link, DL_FLAG_SYNC_STATE_ONLY));
+ WARN_ON(link->supplier->links.status != DL_DEV_UNBINDING &&
+ !device_link_test(link, DL_FLAG_SYNC_STATE_ONLY));
WRITE_ONCE(link->status, DL_STATE_DORMANT);
}
}
--
2.54.0
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