Re: [RFC PATCH] OF: fix of_find_node_by_path() assumption that of_allnodes is root

[Frank Rowand <frowand.list@gmail.com>]

On 6/14/2014 8:39 PM, Frank Rowand wrote:
> From: Frank Rowand <frank.rowand@sonymobile.com>
> 
> of_find_node_by_path() is borked because of_allnodes is not guaranteed to
> contain the root of the tree after using any of the dynamic update functions
> because some other nodes ends up as of_allnodes.
> 
> Fixes: c22e650e66b8 of: Make of_find_node_by_path() handle /aliases
> Reported-by: pantelis.antoniou@konsulko.com
> Signed-off-by: Frank Rowand <frank.rowand@sonymobile.com>
> ---
> 
> v2:
>   Remove change to function header, no longer needed.
>   Remove BUG_ON(), no longer needed.
>   Add np as np->parent->allnext instead of np->parent->allnext, as suggested

Aaaargh, cut and paste error, that should be:

    Add np as np->parent->allnext instead of of_allnodes->allnext, as suggested

>     by Grant Likely.
> 
> 
>  drivers/of/base.c |    4 	2 +	2 -	0 !
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> Index: b/drivers/of/base.c
> ===================================================================
> --- a/drivers/of/base.c
> +++ b/drivers/of/base.c
> @@ -1960,9 +1960,9 @@ int of_attach_node(struct device_node *n
>  
>  	raw_spin_lock_irqsave(&devtree_lock, flags);
>  	np->sibling = np->parent->child;
> -	np->allnext = of_allnodes;
> +	np->allnext = np->parent->allnext;
> +	np->parent->allnext = np;
>  	np->parent->child = np;
> -	of_allnodes = np;
>  	of_node_clear_flag(np, OF_DETACHED);
>  	raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&devtree_lock, flags);
>  
>