[PATCH v1] driver core: fw_devlink: Don't create device links for devices not on a bus

From: Saravana Kannan
Date: Tue Aug 31 2021 - 18:45:21 EST


Devices that are not on a bus will never have a driver bound to it. So,
fw_devlink should not create device links for it as it can cause probe
issues[1] or sync_state() call back issues[2].

[1] - https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/CAGETcx_xJCqOWtwZ9Ee2+0sPGNLM5=F=djtbdYENkAYZa0ynqQ@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx/
[2] - https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/CAPDyKFo9Bxremkb1dDrr4OcXSpE0keVze94Cm=zrkOVxHHxBmQ@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx/
Fixes: f9aa460672c9 ("driver core: Refactor fw_devlink feature")
Reported-by: Ulf Hansson <ulf.hansson@xxxxxxxxxx>
Reported-by: Marek Szyprowski <m.szyprowski@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Saravana Kannan <saravanak@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/base/core.c | 16 ++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 16 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/base/core.c b/drivers/base/core.c
index f6360490a4a3..304a06314656 100644
--- a/drivers/base/core.c
+++ b/drivers/base/core.c
@@ -1719,8 +1719,24 @@ static int fw_devlink_create_devlink(struct device *con,
struct device *sup_dev;
int ret = 0;

+ /*
+ * If a consumer device is not on a bus (i.e. a driver will never bind
+ * to it), it doesn't make sense for fw_devlink to create device links
+ * for it.
+ */
+ if (con->bus == NULL)
+ return -EINVAL;
+
sup_dev = get_dev_from_fwnode(sup_handle);
if (sup_dev) {
+ /*
+ * If a supplier device is not on a bus (i.e. a driver will
+ * never bind to it), it doesn't make sense for fw_devlink to
+ * create device links for it.
+ */
+ if (sup_dev->bus == NULL)
+ return -EINVAL;
+
/*
* If it's one of those drivers that don't actually bind to
* their device using driver core, then don't wait on this
--
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