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Date: Mon, 8 Jan 2024 14:23:02 +0100
From: Herve Codina <herve.codina@bootlin.com>
To: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 1/1] driver core: Keep the supplier fwnode consistent
 with the device
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Hi Greg,

On Thu, 4 Jan 2024 16:39:49 +0100
Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> wrote:

> On Tue, Nov 14, 2023 at 08:46:32AM +0100, Herve Codina wrote:
> > The commit 3a2dbc510c43 ("driver core: fw_devlink: Don't purge child
> > fwnode's consumer links") introduces the possibility to use the
> > supplier's parent device instead of the supplier itself.
> > In that case the supplier fwnode used is not updated and is no more
> > consistent with the supplier device used.
> > 
> > Use the fwnode consistent with the supplier device when checking flags.
> > 
> > Fixes: 3a2dbc510c43 ("driver core: fw_devlink: Don't purge child fwnode's consumer links")
> > Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
> > Signed-off-by: Herve Codina <herve.codina@bootlin.com>
> > ---
> > Changes v2 -> v3:
> >   Do not update the supplier handle in order to keep the original handle
> >   for debug traces.
> > 
> > Changes v1 -> v2:
> >   Remove sup_handle check and related pr_debug() call as sup_handle cannot be
> >   invalid if sup_dev is valid.
> > 
> >  drivers/base/core.c | 2 +-
> >  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/drivers/base/core.c b/drivers/base/core.c
> > index 4d8b315c48a1..440b52ec027f 100644
> > --- a/drivers/base/core.c
> > +++ b/drivers/base/core.c
> > @@ -2082,7 +2082,7 @@ static int fw_devlink_create_devlink(struct device *con,
> >  		 * supplier device indefinitely.
> >  		 */
> >  		if (sup_dev->links.status == DL_DEV_NO_DRIVER &&
> > -		    sup_handle->flags & FWNODE_FLAG_INITIALIZED) {
> > +		    sup_dev->fwnode->flags & FWNODE_FLAG_INITIALIZED) {
> >  			dev_dbg(con,
> >  				"Not linking %pfwf - dev might never probe\n",
> >  				sup_handle);
> > -- 
> > 2.41.0
> >   
> 
> Is this still needed?  If so, how come no one is noticing it?
> 

I think it is. At least, I don't see anything that make this patch obsolete.

Hervé