[PATCH v2 00/19] driver core: count references of the platform device's fwnode, not OF node

[PATCH v2 00/19] driver core: count references of the platform device's fwnode, not OF node

[Bartosz Golaszewski]

Platform device core provides helper interfaces for dealing with
dynamically created platform devices. Most users should use
platform_device_register_full() which encapsulates most of the
operations but some modules will want to use the split approach of
calling platform_device_alloc() + platform_device_add() separately for
various reasons.

With many platform devices now using dynamic software nodes as their
primary firmware nodes and with the platform device interface being
extended to also better cover the use-cases of secondary software nodes,
I believe it makes sense to switch to counting the references of all
kinds of firmware nodes.

To that end, I identified all users of platform_device_alloc() that also
assign dev.of_node or dev.fwnode manually. I noticed five cases where
the references are not increased as they should (patches 1-5 fix these
users) and provided three new functions in platform_device.h that now
become the preferred interfaces for assigning firmware nodes to dynamic
platform devices (in line with platform_device_add_data(),
platform_device_add_resources(), etc.). The bulk of the patches in this
series are small driver conversions to port all users to going through
the new functions that now encapsulate the refcount logic. With that
done, the final patch seamlessly switches to counting the references of
all firmware node types.

This effort is prerequisite of removing platform_device_release_full()
and unifying the release path for dynamic platform devices using
unmanaged software nodes.

Merging strategy: The entire series should go through the driver core
tree, possibly with an immutable branch provided to solve any potential
conflicts though these are rather unlikely.

Signed-off-by: Bartosz Golaszewski <bartosz.golaszewski@oss.qualcomm.com>
---
Changes in v2:
- Rebased on top of v7.2-rc1, dropped applied patches, collected tags
- Link to v1: https://patch.msgid.link/20260521-pdev-fwnode-ref-v1-0-88c324a1b8d2@oss.qualcomm.com

---
Bartosz Golaszewski (19):
      powerpc/powermac: fix OF node refcount
      driver core: platform: provide platform_device_set_of_node()
      driver core: platform: provide platform_device_set_fwnode()
      driver core: platform: provide platform_device_set_of_node_from_dev()
      of: platform: use platform_device_set_of_node()
      powerpc/powermac: use platform_device_set_of_node()
      i2c: pxa-pci: use platform_device_set_of_node()
      iommu/fsl: use platform_device_set_of_node()
      net: bcmgenet: use platform_device_set_of_node()
      pmdomain: imx: use platform_device_set_of_node()
      mfd: tps6586: use platform_device_set_of_node()
      slimbus: qcom-ngd-ctrl: use platform_device_set_of_node()
      net: mv643xx: use platform_device_set_of_node()
      drm/xe/i2c: use platform_device_set_fwnode()
      platform/surface: gpe: use platform_device_set_fwnode()
      usb: chipidea: use platform_device_set_of_node_from_dev()
      usb: musb: use platform_device_set_of_node_from_dev()
      reset: rzg2l: use platform_device_set_of_node_from_dev()
      driver core: platform: count references to all kinds of firmware nodes

 arch/powerpc/platforms/powermac/low_i2c.c    |  2 +-
 drivers/base/platform.c                      | 56 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
 drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_i2c.c                  |  2 +-
 drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-pxa-pci.c             |  3 +-
 drivers/iommu/fsl_pamu.c                     |  7 ++--
 drivers/mfd/tps6586x.c                       |  2 +-
 drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/genet/bcmmii.c | 10 +++--
 drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mv643xx_eth.c   |  2 +-
 drivers/of/platform.c                        |  2 +-
 drivers/platform/surface/surface_gpe.c       |  2 +-
 drivers/pmdomain/imx/gpc.c                   |  3 +-
 drivers/reset/reset-rzg2l-usbphy-ctrl.c      |  2 +-
 drivers/slimbus/qcom-ngd-ctrl.c              |  2 +-
 drivers/usb/chipidea/core.c                  |  2 +-
 drivers/usb/musb/jz4740.c                    |  2 +-
 include/linux/platform_device.h              |  8 ++++
 16 files changed, 84 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)
---
base-commit: dc59e4fea9d83f03bad6bddf3fa2e52491777482
change-id: 20260520-pdev-fwnode-ref-d867836971eb

Best regards,
-- 
Bartosz Golaszewski <bartosz.golaszewski@oss.qualcomm.com>

[PATCH v2 01/19] powerpc/powermac: fix OF node refcount

[Bartosz Golaszewski]

Platform devices created with platform_device_alloc() call
platform_device_release() when the last reference to the device's
kobject is dropped. This function calls of_node_put() unconditionally.
This works fine for devices created with platform_device_register_full()
but users of the split approach (platform_device_alloc() +
platform_device_add()) must bump the reference of the of_node they
assign manually. Add the missing call to of_node_get().

Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Fixes: 81e5d8646ff6 ("i2c/powermac: Register i2c devices from device-tree")
Signed-off-by: Bartosz Golaszewski <bartosz.golaszewski@oss.qualcomm.com>
---
 arch/powerpc/platforms/powermac/low_i2c.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/powermac/low_i2c.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/powermac/low_i2c.c
index da72a30ab8657e6dc7e6f3437af612155783d8f9..973f58771d9636605ed5d3e91b45008543b584d3 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/powermac/low_i2c.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/powermac/low_i2c.c
@@ -1471,7 +1471,7 @@ static int __init pmac_i2c_create_platform_devices(void)
 		if (bus->platform_dev == NULL)
 			return -ENOMEM;
 		bus->platform_dev->dev.platform_data = bus;
-		bus->platform_dev->dev.of_node = bus->busnode;
+		bus->platform_dev->dev.of_node = of_node_get(bus->busnode);
 		platform_device_add(bus->platform_dev);
 	}
 

-- 
2.47.3

[PATCH v2 02/19] driver core: platform: provide platform_device_set_of_node()

[Bartosz Golaszewski]

Encapsulate the reference counting logic for OF nodes assigned to
platform devices created with platform_device_alloc() in a helper
function. Make the kerneldoc state that this is the proper interface for
assigning OF nodes to dynamically allocated platform devices. This will
allow us to switch to counting the references of the device's firmware
nodes, not only the OF nodes.

Signed-off-by: Bartosz Golaszewski <bartosz.golaszewski@oss.qualcomm.com>
---
 drivers/base/platform.c         | 18 ++++++++++++++++++
 include/linux/platform_device.h |  3 +++
 2 files changed, 21 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/base/platform.c b/drivers/base/platform.c
index fb9120b0bcfe0e7dd9dfc0d29b91e0ad40a01440..3188d5aba5f90622f821c695049cacda030204fb 100644
--- a/drivers/base/platform.c
+++ b/drivers/base/platform.c
@@ -693,6 +693,24 @@ int platform_device_add_data(struct platform_device *pdev, const void *data,
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(platform_device_add_data);
 
+/**
+ * platform_device_set_of_node - assign an OF node to device
+ * @pdev: platform device to add the node for
+ * @np: new device node
+ *
+ * Assign an OF node to this platform device. Internally keep track of the
+ * reference count. Devices created with platform_device_alloc() must use this
+ * function instead of assigning the node manually.
+ */
+void platform_device_set_of_node(struct platform_device *pdev,
+				 struct device_node *np)
+{
+	of_node_put(pdev->dev.of_node);
+	pdev->dev.of_node = of_node_get(np);
+	pdev->dev.fwnode = of_fwnode_handle(np);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(platform_device_set_of_node);
+
 /**
  * platform_device_add - add a platform device to device hierarchy
  * @pdev: platform device we're adding
diff --git a/include/linux/platform_device.h b/include/linux/platform_device.h
index 26e6a43358e25cce2e2c38245dc0f0fc43923bf5..870d168aeff8558749eae71723e657ab150ce0be 100644
--- a/include/linux/platform_device.h
+++ b/include/linux/platform_device.h
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ struct irq_affinity;
 struct mfd_cell;
 struct property_entry;
 struct platform_device_id;
+struct device_node;
 
 struct platform_device {
 	const char	*name;
@@ -262,6 +263,8 @@ extern int platform_device_add_resources(struct platform_device *pdev,
 					 unsigned int num);
 extern int platform_device_add_data(struct platform_device *pdev,
 				    const void *data, size_t size);
+void platform_device_set_of_node(struct platform_device *pdev,
+				 struct device_node *np);
 extern int platform_device_add(struct platform_device *pdev);
 extern void platform_device_del(struct platform_device *pdev);
 extern void platform_device_put(struct platform_device *pdev);

-- 
2.47.3

[PATCH v2 03/19] driver core: platform: provide platform_device_set_fwnode()

[Bartosz Golaszewski]

Provide a helper function encapsulating the logic of assigning firmware
nodes to platform devices created with platform_device_alloc(). Make the
kerneldoc state that this is the proper interface for assigning firmware
nodes to dynamically allocated platform devices. This will allow us to
switch to counting the references of the device's firmware nodes in the
future, not only the OF nodes.

Signed-off-by: Bartosz Golaszewski <bartosz.golaszewski@oss.qualcomm.com>
---
 drivers/base/platform.c         | 19 +++++++++++++++++++
 include/linux/platform_device.h |  3 +++
 2 files changed, 22 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/base/platform.c b/drivers/base/platform.c
index 3188d5aba5f90622f821c695049cacda030204fb..6520b70cf3052d683a2ecb1a0dd7227575546ba0 100644
--- a/drivers/base/platform.c
+++ b/drivers/base/platform.c
@@ -711,6 +711,25 @@ void platform_device_set_of_node(struct platform_device *pdev,
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(platform_device_set_of_node);
 
+/**
+ * platform_device_set_fwnode - assign a firmware node to device
+ * @pdev: platform device to set the node for
+ * @fwnode: new firmware node
+ *
+ * Assign a firmware node to this platform device. Internally keep track of the
+ * reference count. Devices created with platform_device_alloc() must use this
+ * function instead of assigning the node manually.
+ */
+void platform_device_set_fwnode(struct platform_device *pdev,
+				struct fwnode_handle *fwnode)
+{
+	if (is_of_node(fwnode))
+		platform_device_set_of_node(pdev, to_of_node(fwnode));
+	else
+		pdev->dev.fwnode = fwnode;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(platform_device_set_fwnode);
+
 /**
  * platform_device_add - add a platform device to device hierarchy
  * @pdev: platform device we're adding
diff --git a/include/linux/platform_device.h b/include/linux/platform_device.h
index 870d168aeff8558749eae71723e657ab150ce0be..c463d46b7b9ab6b891df1ca9f0c98608d2bb140f 100644
--- a/include/linux/platform_device.h
+++ b/include/linux/platform_device.h
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ struct mfd_cell;
 struct property_entry;
 struct platform_device_id;
 struct device_node;
+struct fwnode_handle;
 
 struct platform_device {
 	const char	*name;
@@ -265,6 +266,8 @@ extern int platform_device_add_data(struct platform_device *pdev,
 				    const void *data, size_t size);
 void platform_device_set_of_node(struct platform_device *pdev,
 				 struct device_node *np);
+void platform_device_set_fwnode(struct platform_device *pdev,
+				struct fwnode_handle *fwnode);
 extern int platform_device_add(struct platform_device *pdev);
 extern void platform_device_del(struct platform_device *pdev);
 extern void platform_device_put(struct platform_device *pdev);

-- 
2.47.3

[PATCH v2 04/19] driver core: platform: provide platform_device_set_of_node_from_dev()

[Bartosz Golaszewski]

Provide a platform-specific variant of device_set_of_node_from_dev(). In
addition to bumping the reference count of the OF node being assigned,
it also assigns the fwnode of the platform device.

Signed-off-by: Bartosz Golaszewski <bartosz.golaszewski@oss.qualcomm.com>
---
 drivers/base/platform.c         | 16 ++++++++++++++++
 include/linux/platform_device.h |  2 ++
 2 files changed, 18 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/base/platform.c b/drivers/base/platform.c
index 6520b70cf3052d683a2ecb1a0dd7227575546ba0..f24a5f406746b53ca9eaab9472f6dd1345e04ad6 100644
--- a/drivers/base/platform.c
+++ b/drivers/base/platform.c
@@ -730,6 +730,22 @@ void platform_device_set_fwnode(struct platform_device *pdev,
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(platform_device_set_fwnode);
 
+/**
+ * platform_device_set_of_node_from_dev - reuse OF node of another device
+ * @pdev: platform device to set the node for
+ * @dev2: device whose OF node to reuse
+ *
+ * Reuses the OF node of another device in this platform device while
+ * internally keeping track of reference counting.
+ */
+void platform_device_set_of_node_from_dev(struct platform_device *pdev,
+					  const struct device *dev2)
+{
+	device_set_of_node_from_dev(&pdev->dev, dev2);
+	pdev->dev.fwnode = of_fwnode_handle(pdev->dev.of_node);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(platform_device_set_of_node_from_dev);
+
 /**
  * platform_device_add - add a platform device to device hierarchy
  * @pdev: platform device we're adding
diff --git a/include/linux/platform_device.h b/include/linux/platform_device.h
index c463d46b7b9ab6b891df1ca9f0c98608d2bb140f..94b8d2b46e913ebcdbdaa3710f008f478b59d7b4 100644
--- a/include/linux/platform_device.h
+++ b/include/linux/platform_device.h
@@ -268,6 +268,8 @@ void platform_device_set_of_node(struct platform_device *pdev,
 				 struct device_node *np);
 void platform_device_set_fwnode(struct platform_device *pdev,
 				struct fwnode_handle *fwnode);
+void platform_device_set_of_node_from_dev(struct platform_device *pdev,
+					  const struct device *dev2);
 extern int platform_device_add(struct platform_device *pdev);
 extern void platform_device_del(struct platform_device *pdev);
 extern void platform_device_put(struct platform_device *pdev);

-- 
2.47.3

[PATCH v2 05/19] of: platform: use platform_device_set_of_node()

[Bartosz Golaszewski]

Ahead of reworking the reference counting logic for platform devices,
encapsulate the assignment of the OF node for dynamically allocated
platform devices with the provided helper.

Acked-by: Rob Herring (Arm) <robh@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Bartosz Golaszewski <bartosz.golaszewski@oss.qualcomm.com>
---
 drivers/of/platform.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/of/platform.c b/drivers/of/platform.c
index 53bca8c6f7810ce2235b4d084a361626b1d2da33..8b1e7640778253492c080085b4015e1423389d83 100644
--- a/drivers/of/platform.c
+++ b/drivers/of/platform.c
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ struct platform_device *of_device_alloc(struct device_node *np,
 	}
 
 	/* setup generic device info */
-	device_set_node(&dev->dev, of_fwnode_handle(of_node_get(np)));
+	platform_device_set_of_node(dev, np);
 	dev->dev.parent = parent ? : &platform_bus;
 
 	if (bus_id)

-- 
2.47.3

[PATCH v2 06/19] powerpc/powermac: use platform_device_set_of_node()

[Bartosz Golaszewski]

Ahead of reworking the reference counting logic for platform devices,
encapsulate the assignment of the OF node for dynamically allocated
platform devices with the provided helper.

Signed-off-by: Bartosz Golaszewski <bartosz.golaszewski@oss.qualcomm.com>
---
 arch/powerpc/platforms/powermac/low_i2c.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/powermac/low_i2c.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/powermac/low_i2c.c
index 973f58771d9636605ed5d3e91b45008543b584d3..a175a32a222bab4cc7400f6ab6071f5630db2cb8 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/powermac/low_i2c.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/powermac/low_i2c.c
@@ -1471,7 +1471,7 @@ static int __init pmac_i2c_create_platform_devices(void)
 		if (bus->platform_dev == NULL)
 			return -ENOMEM;
 		bus->platform_dev->dev.platform_data = bus;
-		bus->platform_dev->dev.of_node = of_node_get(bus->busnode);
+		platform_device_set_of_node(bus->platform_dev, bus->busnode);
 		platform_device_add(bus->platform_dev);
 	}
 

-- 
2.47.3

[PATCH v2 07/19] i2c: pxa-pci: use platform_device_set_of_node()

[Bartosz Golaszewski]

Ahead of reworking the reference counting logic for platform devices,
encapsulate the assignment of the OF node for dynamically allocated
platform devices with the provided helper.

Acked-by: Andi Shyti <andi.shyti@kernel.org>
Acked-by: Wolfram Sang <wsa+renesas@sang-engineering.com> # for I2C
Signed-off-by: Bartosz Golaszewski <bartosz.golaszewski@oss.qualcomm.com>
---
 drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-pxa-pci.c | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-pxa-pci.c b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-pxa-pci.c
index dbd542300f80043c6bc65a69fa27ca7b3d5fe787..92a0647f08c69f841ca99caca757c1728b3f6fce 100644
--- a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-pxa-pci.c
+++ b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-pxa-pci.c
@@ -76,7 +76,8 @@ static struct platform_device *add_i2c_device(struct pci_dev *dev, int bar)
 		goto out;
 	}
 	pdev->dev.parent = &dev->dev;
-	pdev->dev.of_node = child;
+
+	platform_device_set_of_node(pdev, child);
 
 	ret = platform_device_add_resources(pdev, res, ARRAY_SIZE(res));
 	if (ret)

-- 
2.47.3

[PATCH v2 08/19] iommu/fsl: use platform_device_set_of_node()

[Bartosz Golaszewski]

Ahead of reworking the reference counting logic for platform devices,
encapsulate the assignment of the OF node for dynamically allocated
platform devices with the provided helper.

Acked-by: Robin Murphy <robin.murphy@arm.com>
Signed-off-by: Bartosz Golaszewski <bartosz.golaszewski@oss.qualcomm.com>
---
 drivers/iommu/fsl_pamu.c | 7 +++----
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/iommu/fsl_pamu.c b/drivers/iommu/fsl_pamu.c
index 25aa477a95a95cb4fa4e132727cde0a936750ee2..012839fa0d8a27cafc6a441373f4f6da794388c1 100644
--- a/drivers/iommu/fsl_pamu.c
+++ b/drivers/iommu/fsl_pamu.c
@@ -973,7 +973,8 @@ static __init int fsl_pamu_init(void)
 		ret = -ENOMEM;
 		goto error_device_alloc;
 	}
-	pdev->dev.of_node = of_node_get(np);
+
+	platform_device_set_of_node(pdev, np);
 
 	ret = pamu_domain_init();
 	if (ret)
@@ -985,12 +986,10 @@ static __init int fsl_pamu_init(void)
 		goto error_device_add;
 	}
 
+	of_node_put(np);
 	return 0;
 
 error_device_add:
-	of_node_put(pdev->dev.of_node);
-	pdev->dev.of_node = NULL;
-
 	platform_device_put(pdev);
 
 error_device_alloc:

-- 
2.47.3

Re: [PATCH v2 08/19] iommu/fsl: use platform_device_set_of_node()

[Frank Li]

On Mon, Jun 29, 2026 at 11:12:31AM +0200, Bartosz Golaszewski wrote:
> [You don't often get email from bartosz.golaszewski@oss.qualcomm.com. Learn why this is important at https://aka.ms/LearnAboutSenderIdentification ]
>
> Ahead of reworking the reference counting logic for platform devices,
> encapsulate the assignment of the OF node for dynamically allocated
> platform devices with the provided helper.
>
> Acked-by: Robin Murphy <robin.murphy@arm.com>
> Signed-off-by: Bartosz Golaszewski <bartosz.golaszewski@oss.qualcomm.com>
> ---
>  drivers/iommu/fsl_pamu.c | 7 +++----
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/iommu/fsl_pamu.c b/drivers/iommu/fsl_pamu.c
> index 25aa477a95a95cb4fa4e132727cde0a936750ee2..012839fa0d8a27cafc6a441373f4f6da794388c1 100644
> --- a/drivers/iommu/fsl_pamu.c
> +++ b/drivers/iommu/fsl_pamu.c
> @@ -973,7 +973,8 @@ static __init int fsl_pamu_init(void)
>                 ret = -ENOMEM;
>                 goto error_device_alloc;
>         }
> -       pdev->dev.of_node = of_node_get(np);
> +
> +       platform_device_set_of_node(pdev, np);
>
>         ret = pamu_domain_init();
>         if (ret)
> @@ -985,12 +986,10 @@ static __init int fsl_pamu_init(void)
>                 goto error_device_add;
>         }
>
> +       of_node_put(np);

there are other place miss of_node_put() at error pass.

Can you use auto cleanup

struct device_node *np __free(device_node) = of_find_compatible_node().

Frank
>         return 0;
>
>  error_device_add:
> -       of_node_put(pdev->dev.of_node);
> -       pdev->dev.of_node = NULL;
> -
>         platform_device_put(pdev);
>
>  error_device_alloc:
>
> --
> 2.47.3
>
>

[PATCH v2 09/19] net: bcmgenet: use platform_device_set_of_node()

[Bartosz Golaszewski]

Ahead of reworking the reference counting logic for platform devices,
encapsulate the assignment of the OF node for dynamically allocated
platform devices with the provided helper.

Signed-off-by: Bartosz Golaszewski <bartosz.golaszewski@oss.qualcomm.com>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/genet/bcmmii.c | 10 +++++++---
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/genet/bcmmii.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/genet/bcmmii.c
index a4e0d5a682687533a1b034ccf56cdb363d6b7786..451b23a039cebb777f356f64924838230052dc45 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/genet/bcmmii.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/genet/bcmmii.c
@@ -490,10 +490,14 @@ static int bcmgenet_mii_register(struct bcmgenet_priv *priv)
 	/* Retain this platform_device pointer for later cleanup */
 	priv->mii_pdev = ppdev;
 	ppdev->dev.parent = &pdev->dev;
-	if (dn)
-		ppdev->dev.of_node = bcmgenet_mii_of_find_mdio(priv);
-	else
+
+	if (dn) {
+		struct device_node *np __free(device_node) = bcmgenet_mii_of_find_mdio(priv);
+
+		platform_device_set_of_node(ppdev, np);
+	} else {
 		ppd.phy_mask = ~0;
+	}
 
 	ret = platform_device_add_resources(ppdev, &res, 1);
 	if (ret)

-- 
2.47.3

[PATCH v2 10/19] pmdomain: imx: use platform_device_set_of_node()

[Bartosz Golaszewski]

Ahead of reworking the reference counting logic for platform devices,
encapsulate the assignment of the OF node for dynamically allocated
platform devices with the provided helper.

Signed-off-by: Bartosz Golaszewski <bartosz.golaszewski@oss.qualcomm.com>
---
 drivers/pmdomain/imx/gpc.c | 3 +--
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/pmdomain/imx/gpc.c b/drivers/pmdomain/imx/gpc.c
index 42e50c9b4fb9ffb96a20a462d4eb5168942a893c..abca5f449a226fbae4213926e1395c413160c950 100644
--- a/drivers/pmdomain/imx/gpc.c
+++ b/drivers/pmdomain/imx/gpc.c
@@ -487,8 +487,7 @@ static int imx_gpc_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 			domain->ipg_rate_mhz = ipg_rate_mhz;
 
 			pd_pdev->dev.parent = &pdev->dev;
-			pd_pdev->dev.of_node = of_node_get(np);
-			pd_pdev->dev.fwnode = of_fwnode_handle(np);
+			platform_device_set_of_node(pd_pdev, np);
 
 			ret = platform_device_add(pd_pdev);
 			if (ret) {

-- 
2.47.3

[PATCH v2 11/19] mfd: tps6586: use platform_device_set_of_node()

[Bartosz Golaszewski]

Ahead of reworking the reference counting logic for platform devices,
encapsulate the assignment of the OF node for dynamically allocated
platform devices with the provided helper.

Acked-by: Lee Jones <lee@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Bartosz Golaszewski <bartosz.golaszewski@oss.qualcomm.com>
---
 drivers/mfd/tps6586x.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/mfd/tps6586x.c b/drivers/mfd/tps6586x.c
index f5f805446603315ba76ce1fc501c908f1cec0d16..3cfd2f02b62f3cc370e0d970ec2643b638fd0fec 100644
--- a/drivers/mfd/tps6586x.c
+++ b/drivers/mfd/tps6586x.c
@@ -397,7 +397,7 @@ static int tps6586x_add_subdevs(struct tps6586x *tps6586x,
 
 		pdev->dev.parent = tps6586x->dev;
 		pdev->dev.platform_data = subdev->platform_data;
-		pdev->dev.of_node = of_node_get(subdev->of_node);
+		platform_device_set_of_node(pdev, subdev->of_node);
 
 		ret = platform_device_add(pdev);
 		if (ret) {

-- 
2.47.3

[PATCH v2 12/19] slimbus: qcom-ngd-ctrl: use platform_device_set_of_node()

[Bartosz Golaszewski]

Ahead of reworking the reference counting logic for platform devices,
encapsulate the assignment of the OF node for dynamically allocated
platform devices with the provided helper.

Signed-off-by: Bartosz Golaszewski <bartosz.golaszewski@oss.qualcomm.com>
---
 drivers/slimbus/qcom-ngd-ctrl.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/slimbus/qcom-ngd-ctrl.c b/drivers/slimbus/qcom-ngd-ctrl.c
index 3071e46d03beaaae2321e858c564b512c22e820e..6e89415712ce1a7a7781af6bd0eaf0d6879da52b 100644
--- a/drivers/slimbus/qcom-ngd-ctrl.c
+++ b/drivers/slimbus/qcom-ngd-ctrl.c
@@ -1539,7 +1539,7 @@ static int of_qcom_slim_ngd_register(struct device *parent,
 			kfree(ngd);
 			return ret;
 		}
-		ngd->pdev->dev.of_node = of_node_get(node);
+		platform_device_set_of_node(ngd->pdev, node);
 		ctrl->ngd = ngd;
 
 		ret = platform_device_add(ngd->pdev);

-- 
2.47.3

Re: [PATCH v2 12/19] slimbus: qcom-ngd-ctrl: use platform_device_set_of_node()

[Konrad Dybcio]

On 6/29/26 11:12 AM, Bartosz Golaszewski wrote:
> Ahead of reworking the reference counting logic for platform devices,
> encapsulate the assignment of the OF node for dynamically allocated
> platform devices with the provided helper.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Bartosz Golaszewski <bartosz.golaszewski@oss.qualcomm.com>
> ---

Acked-by: Konrad Dybcio <konradybcio@kernel.org>

Konrad

[PATCH v2 13/19] net: mv643xx: use platform_device_set_of_node()

[Bartosz Golaszewski]

Ahead of reworking the reference counting logic for platform devices,
encapsulate the assignment of the OF node for dynamically allocated
platform devices with the provided helper.

Signed-off-by: Bartosz Golaszewski <bartosz.golaszewski@oss.qualcomm.com>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mv643xx_eth.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mv643xx_eth.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mv643xx_eth.c
index 1881583be5ce2e972fceb14c2b8348280c49ad1d..9caa1e47c174c9d7a161b7f2e2ee12a829b813d4 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mv643xx_eth.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mv643xx_eth.c
@@ -2780,7 +2780,7 @@ static int mv643xx_eth_shared_of_add_port(struct platform_device *pdev,
 		goto put_err;
 	}
 	ppdev->dev.coherent_dma_mask = DMA_BIT_MASK(32);
-	ppdev->dev.of_node = of_node_get(pnp);
+	platform_device_set_of_node(ppdev, pnp);
 
 	ret = platform_device_add_resources(ppdev, &res, 1);
 	if (ret)

-- 
2.47.3

[PATCH v2 14/19] drm/xe/i2c: use platform_device_set_fwnode()

[Bartosz Golaszewski]

Ahead of reworking the reference counting logic for platform devices,
encapsulate the assignment of the firmware node for dynamically allocated
platform devices with the provided helper.

Signed-off-by: Bartosz Golaszewski <bartosz.golaszewski@oss.qualcomm.com>
---
 drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_i2c.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_i2c.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_i2c.c
index 706783863d07d66b4685005d6649b3cd143ecc3b..af4ebd93ad8e68c95a14cdf99de0959fbe080354 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_i2c.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_i2c.c
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ static int xe_i2c_register_adapter(struct xe_i2c *i2c)
 	}
 
 	pdev->dev.parent = i2c->drm_dev;
-	pdev->dev.fwnode = fwnode;
+	platform_device_set_fwnode(pdev, fwnode);
 	i2c->adapter_node = fwnode;
 	i2c->pdev = pdev;
 

-- 
2.47.3

[PATCH v2 15/19] platform/surface: gpe: use platform_device_set_fwnode()

[Bartosz Golaszewski]

Ahead of reworking the reference counting logic for platform devices,
encapsulate the assignment of the firmware node for dynamically allocated
platform devices with the provided helper.

Acked-by: Ilpo Järvinen <ilpo.jarvinen@linux.intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Bartosz Golaszewski <bartosz.golaszewski@oss.qualcomm.com>
---
 drivers/platform/surface/surface_gpe.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/platform/surface/surface_gpe.c b/drivers/platform/surface/surface_gpe.c
index b359413903b13c4f8e8b284ef7ae6f6db3f47d72..40896a8544b0a4da4261ea881b1eaed62d93b32b 100644
--- a/drivers/platform/surface/surface_gpe.c
+++ b/drivers/platform/surface/surface_gpe.c
@@ -317,7 +317,7 @@ static int __init surface_gpe_init(void)
 		goto err_alloc;
 	}
 
-	pdev->dev.fwnode = fwnode;
+	platform_device_set_fwnode(pdev, fwnode);
 
 	status = platform_device_add(pdev);
 	if (status)

-- 
2.47.3

[PATCH v2 16/19] usb: chipidea: use platform_device_set_of_node_from_dev()

[Bartosz Golaszewski]

Ahead of reworking the reference counting logic for platform devices,
encapsulate the assignment of the OF node from another device for
dynamically allocated platform devices with the provided helper.

Acked-by: Peter Chen <peter.chen@kernel.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20211215225646.1997946-1-robh@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Bartosz Golaszewski <bartosz.golaszewski@oss.qualcomm.com>
---
 drivers/usb/chipidea/core.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/usb/chipidea/core.c b/drivers/usb/chipidea/core.c
index 07563be0013f4d28ed6318a0751670ccef01d0a5..7edc512cc37dc24551efe5fca172777a0a4b0766 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/chipidea/core.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/chipidea/core.c
@@ -879,7 +879,7 @@ struct platform_device *ci_hdrc_add_device(struct device *dev,
 	}
 
 	pdev->dev.parent = dev;
-	device_set_of_node_from_dev(&pdev->dev, dev);
+	platform_device_set_of_node_from_dev(pdev, dev);
 
 	ret = platform_device_add_resources(pdev, res, nres);
 	if (ret)

-- 
2.47.3

[PATCH v2 17/19] usb: musb: use platform_device_set_of_node_from_dev()

[Bartosz Golaszewski]

Ahead of reworking the reference counting logic for platform devices,
encapsulate the assignment of the OF node from another device for
dynamically allocated platform devices with the provided helper.

Signed-off-by: Bartosz Golaszewski <bartosz.golaszewski@oss.qualcomm.com>
---
 drivers/usb/musb/jz4740.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/usb/musb/jz4740.c b/drivers/usb/musb/jz4740.c
index df56c972986f7c4f5174a227f35c7e1ac9afa7ca..c770ba576f05b6b672836753cd9b696b752d017a 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/musb/jz4740.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/musb/jz4740.c
@@ -273,7 +273,7 @@ static int jz4740_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	musb->dev.parent		= dev;
 	musb->dev.dma_mask		= &musb->dev.coherent_dma_mask;
 	musb->dev.coherent_dma_mask	= DMA_BIT_MASK(32);
-	device_set_of_node_from_dev(&musb->dev, dev);
+	platform_device_set_of_node_from_dev(musb, dev);
 
 	glue->pdev			= musb;
 	glue->clk			= clk;

-- 
2.47.3

[PATCH v2 18/19] reset: rzg2l: use platform_device_set_of_node_from_dev()

[Bartosz Golaszewski]

Ahead of reworking the reference counting logic for platform devices,
encapsulate the assignment of the OF node from another device for
dynamically allocated platform devices with the provided helper.

Acked-by: Philipp Zabel <p.zabel@pengutronix.de>
Signed-off-by: Bartosz Golaszewski <bartosz.golaszewski@oss.qualcomm.com>
---
 drivers/reset/reset-rzg2l-usbphy-ctrl.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/reset/reset-rzg2l-usbphy-ctrl.c b/drivers/reset/reset-rzg2l-usbphy-ctrl.c
index fd75d9601a3bfde7b7e3f6db287ec8c5c45a20ab..f003b360629c90bb37ed0ade7a675b5b0f28fa7e 100644
--- a/drivers/reset/reset-rzg2l-usbphy-ctrl.c
+++ b/drivers/reset/reset-rzg2l-usbphy-ctrl.c
@@ -249,7 +249,7 @@ static int rzg2l_usbphy_ctrl_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	vdev->dev.parent = dev;
 	priv->vdev = vdev;
 
-	device_set_of_node_from_dev(&vdev->dev, dev);
+	platform_device_set_of_node_from_dev(vdev, dev);
 	error = platform_device_add(vdev);
 	if (error)
 		goto err_device_put;

-- 
2.47.3

[PATCH v2 19/19] driver core: platform: count references to all kinds of firmware nodes

[Bartosz Golaszewski]

When using platform_device_register_full(), we currently only increase
the reference count of the OF node associated with a platform device. We
symmetrically decrease it in platform_device_release(). With all users in
tree now converted to using provided platform device helpers for
assigning OF and firmware nodes, we can now switch to counting references
of all kinds of firmware nodes.

Signed-off-by: Bartosz Golaszewski <bartosz.golaszewski@oss.qualcomm.com>
---
 drivers/base/platform.c | 17 +++++++----------
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/base/platform.c b/drivers/base/platform.c
index f24a5f406746b53ca9eaab9472f6dd1345e04ad6..bb5f5bddd047d4ec6f238e36dfe4f4ea36b92a76 100644
--- a/drivers/base/platform.c
+++ b/drivers/base/platform.c
@@ -599,7 +599,7 @@ static void platform_device_release(struct device *dev)
 	struct platform_object *pa = container_of(dev, struct platform_object,
 						  pdev.dev);
 
-	of_node_put(pa->pdev.dev.of_node);
+	fwnode_handle_put(pa->pdev.dev.fwnode);
 	kfree(pa->pdev.dev.platform_data);
 	kfree(pa->pdev.mfd_cell);
 	kfree(pa->pdev.resource);
@@ -705,9 +705,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(platform_device_add_data);
 void platform_device_set_of_node(struct platform_device *pdev,
 				 struct device_node *np)
 {
-	of_node_put(pdev->dev.of_node);
-	pdev->dev.of_node = of_node_get(np);
-	pdev->dev.fwnode = of_fwnode_handle(np);
+	platform_device_set_fwnode(pdev, of_fwnode_handle(np));
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(platform_device_set_of_node);
 
@@ -723,10 +721,9 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(platform_device_set_of_node);
 void platform_device_set_fwnode(struct platform_device *pdev,
 				struct fwnode_handle *fwnode)
 {
-	if (is_of_node(fwnode))
-		platform_device_set_of_node(pdev, to_of_node(fwnode));
-	else
-		pdev->dev.fwnode = fwnode;
+	fwnode_handle_put(pdev->dev.fwnode);
+	pdev->dev.fwnode = fwnode_handle_get(fwnode);
+	pdev->dev.of_node = to_of_node(fwnode);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(platform_device_set_fwnode);
 
@@ -921,8 +918,8 @@ struct platform_device *platform_device_register_full(const struct platform_devi
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
 
 	pdev->dev.parent = pdevinfo->parent;
-	pdev->dev.fwnode = pdevinfo->fwnode;
-	pdev->dev.of_node = of_node_get(to_of_node(pdev->dev.fwnode));
+	pdev->dev.fwnode = fwnode_handle_get(pdevinfo->fwnode);
+	pdev->dev.of_node = to_of_node(pdev->dev.fwnode);
 	dev_assign_of_node_reused(&pdev->dev, pdevinfo->of_node_reused);
 
 	if (pdevinfo->dma_mask) {

-- 
2.47.3

Re: [PATCH v2 19/19] driver core: platform: count references to all kinds of firmware nodes

[Andy Shevchenko]

On Mon, Jun 29, 2026 at 11:12:42AM +0200, Bartosz Golaszewski wrote:
> When using platform_device_register_full(), we currently only increase
> the reference count of the OF node associated with a platform device. We
> symmetrically decrease it in platform_device_release(). With all users in
> tree now converted to using provided platform device helpers for
> assigning OF and firmware nodes, we can now switch to counting references
> of all kinds of firmware nodes.

Yep, that's the expected result, thanks!

...

>  void platform_device_set_fwnode(struct platform_device *pdev,
>  				struct fwnode_handle *fwnode)
>  {
> -	if (is_of_node(fwnode))
> -		platform_device_set_of_node(pdev, to_of_node(fwnode));
> -	else
> -		pdev->dev.fwnode = fwnode;
> +	fwnode_handle_put(pdev->dev.fwnode);

> +	pdev->dev.fwnode = fwnode_handle_get(fwnode);
> +	pdev->dev.of_node = to_of_node(fwnode);

	device_set_node(&pdev->dev, fwnode_handle_get(fwnode));

>  }

...

>  	pdev->dev.parent = pdevinfo->parent;
> -	pdev->dev.fwnode = pdevinfo->fwnode;
> -	pdev->dev.of_node = of_node_get(to_of_node(pdev->dev.fwnode));

> +	pdev->dev.fwnode = fwnode_handle_get(pdevinfo->fwnode);
> +	pdev->dev.of_node = to_of_node(pdev->dev.fwnode);

See above.

...

With them being addressed,
Reviewed-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com>

-- 
With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko

Re: [PATCH v2 00/19] driver core: count references of the platform device's fwnode, not OF node

[Andy Shevchenko]

On Mon, Jun 29, 2026 at 11:12:23AM +0200, Bartosz Golaszewski wrote:
> Platform device core provides helper interfaces for dealing with
> dynamically created platform devices. Most users should use
> platform_device_register_full() which encapsulates most of the
> operations but some modules will want to use the split approach of
> calling platform_device_alloc() + platform_device_add() separately for
> various reasons.
> 
> With many platform devices now using dynamic software nodes as their
> primary firmware nodes and with the platform device interface being
> extended to also better cover the use-cases of secondary software nodes,
> I believe it makes sense to switch to counting the references of all
> kinds of firmware nodes.
> 
> To that end, I identified all users of platform_device_alloc() that also
> assign dev.of_node or dev.fwnode manually. I noticed five cases where
> the references are not increased as they should (patches 1-5 fix these
> users) and provided three new functions in platform_device.h that now
> become the preferred interfaces for assigning firmware nodes to dynamic
> platform devices (in line with platform_device_add_data(),
> platform_device_add_resources(), etc.). The bulk of the patches in this
> series are small driver conversions to port all users to going through
> the new functions that now encapsulate the refcount logic. With that
> done, the final patch seamlessly switches to counting the references of
> all firmware node types.
> 
> This effort is prerequisite of removing platform_device_release_full()
> and unifying the release path for dynamic platform devices using
> unmanaged software nodes.
> 
> Merging strategy: The entire series should go through the driver core
> tree, possibly with an immutable branch provided to solve any potential
> conflicts though these are rather unlikely.

Reviewed-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com>
for patches 2-4 assuming they will be accompanied with patch 19 at the same
time.

-- 
With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko