Re: [PATCH] iio: adc: exynos_adc: fix OF populate on driver rebind

[Jonathan Cameron <jic23@kernel.org>]

On Fri, 19 Dec 2025 12:05:45 +0100
Johan Hovold <johan@kernel.org> wrote:

> Since commit c6e126de43e7 ("of: Keep track of populated platform
> devices") child devices will not be created by of_platform_populate()
> if the devices had previously been deregistered individually so that the
> OF_POPULATED flag is still set in the corresponding OF nodes.
> 
> Switch to using of_platform_depopulate() instead of open coding so that
> the child devices are created if the driver is rebound.
> 
> Fixes: c6e126de43e7 ("of: Keep track of populated platform devices")
> Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org	# 3.16
> Signed-off-by: Johan Hovold <johan@kernel.org>
Applied to the fixes-togreg branch of iio.git.

Thanks,

Jonathan

> ---
>  drivers/iio/adc/exynos_adc.c | 15 ++-------------
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/iio/adc/exynos_adc.c b/drivers/iio/adc/exynos_adc.c
> index 1484adff00df..f2400897818c 100644
> --- a/drivers/iio/adc/exynos_adc.c
> +++ b/drivers/iio/adc/exynos_adc.c
> @@ -540,15 +540,6 @@ static const struct iio_chan_spec exynos_adc_iio_channels[] = {
>  	ADC_CHANNEL(9, "adc9"),
>  };
>  
> -static int exynos_adc_remove_devices(struct device *dev, void *c)
> -{
> -	struct platform_device *pdev = to_platform_device(dev);
> -
> -	platform_device_unregister(pdev);
> -
> -	return 0;
> -}
> -
>  static int exynos_adc_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
>  {
>  	struct exynos_adc *info = NULL;
> @@ -660,8 +651,7 @@ static int exynos_adc_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
>  	return 0;
>  
>  err_of_populate:
> -	device_for_each_child(&indio_dev->dev, NULL,
> -				exynos_adc_remove_devices);
> +	of_platform_depopulate(&indio_dev->dev);
>  	iio_device_unregister(indio_dev);
>  err_irq:
>  	free_irq(info->irq, info);
> @@ -681,8 +671,7 @@ static void exynos_adc_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
>  	struct iio_dev *indio_dev = platform_get_drvdata(pdev);
>  	struct exynos_adc *info = iio_priv(indio_dev);
>  
> -	device_for_each_child(&indio_dev->dev, NULL,
> -				exynos_adc_remove_devices);
> +	of_platform_depopulate(&indio_dev->dev);
>  	iio_device_unregister(indio_dev);
>  	free_irq(info->irq, info);
>  	if (info->data->exit_hw)