Re: [PATCH v2 09/11] of: property: Simplify of_link_to_phandle()

[Sakari Ailus]

Hi Saravana,

On Thu, Jan 26, 2023 at 04:11:36PM -0800, Saravana Kannan wrote:
> The driver core now:
> - Has the parent device of a supplier pick up the consumers if the
>   supplier never has a device created for it.
> - Ignores a supplier if the supplier has no parent device and will never
>   be probed by a driver
> 
> And already prevents creating a device link with the consumer as a
> supplier of a parent.
> 
> So, we no longer need to find the "compatible" node of the supplier or
> do any other checks in of_link_to_phandle(). We simply need to make sure
> that the supplier is available in DT.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Saravana Kannan <saravanak@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  drivers/of/property.c | 84 +++++++------------------------------------
>  1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 71 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/of/property.c b/drivers/of/property.c
> index 134cfc980b70..c651aad6f34b 100644
> --- a/drivers/of/property.c
> +++ b/drivers/of/property.c
> @@ -1062,20 +1062,6 @@ of_fwnode_device_get_match_data(const struct fwnode_handle *fwnode,
>  	return of_device_get_match_data(dev);
>  }
>  
> -static bool of_is_ancestor_of(struct device_node *test_ancestor,
> -			      struct device_node *child)
> -{
> -	of_node_get(child);
> -	while (child) {
> -		if (child == test_ancestor) {
> -			of_node_put(child);
> -			return true;
> -		}
> -		child = of_get_next_parent(child);
> -	}
> -	return false;
> -}
> -
>  static struct device_node *of_get_compat_node(struct device_node *np)
>  {
>  	of_node_get(np);
> @@ -1106,71 +1092,27 @@ static struct device_node *of_get_compat_node_parent(struct device_node *np)
>  	return node;
>  }
>  
> -/**
> - * of_link_to_phandle - Add fwnode link to supplier from supplier phandle
> - * @con_np: consumer device tree node
> - * @sup_np: supplier device tree node
> - *
> - * Given a phandle to a supplier device tree node (@sup_np), this function
> - * finds the device that owns the supplier device tree node and creates a
> - * device link from @dev consumer device to the supplier device. This function
> - * doesn't create device links for invalid scenarios such as trying to create a
> - * link with a parent device as the consumer of its child device. In such
> - * cases, it returns an error.
> - *
> - * Returns:
> - * - 0 if fwnode link successfully created to supplier
> - * - -EINVAL if the supplier link is invalid and should not be created
> - * - -ENODEV if struct device will never be create for supplier
> - */
> -static int of_link_to_phandle(struct device_node *con_np,
> +static void of_link_to_phandle(struct device_node *con_np,
>  			      struct device_node *sup_np)
>  {
> -	struct device *sup_dev;
> -	struct device_node *tmp_np = sup_np;
> +	struct device_node *tmp_np = of_node_get(sup_np);
>  
> -	/*
> -	 * Find the device node that contains the supplier phandle.  It may be
> -	 * @sup_np or it may be an ancestor of @sup_np.
> -	 */
> -	sup_np = of_get_compat_node(sup_np);
> -	if (!sup_np) {
> -		pr_debug("Not linking %pOFP to %pOFP - No device\n",
> -			 con_np, tmp_np);
> -		return -ENODEV;
> -	}
> +	/* Check that sup_np and its ancestors are available. */
> +	while (tmp_np) {
> +		if (of_fwnode_handle(tmp_np)->dev) {
> +			of_node_put(tmp_np);
> +			break;
> +		}
>  
> -	/*
> -	 * Don't allow linking a device node as a consumer of one of its
> -	 * descendant nodes. By definition, a child node can't be a functional
> -	 * dependency for the parent node.
> -	 */
> -	if (of_is_ancestor_of(con_np, sup_np)) {
> -		pr_debug("Not linking %pOFP to %pOFP - is descendant\n",
> -			 con_np, sup_np);
> -		of_node_put(sup_np);
> -		return -EINVAL;
> -	}
> +		if (!of_device_is_available(tmp_np)) {
> +			of_node_put(tmp_np);
> +			return;
> +		}
>  
> -	/*
> -	 * Don't create links to "early devices" that won't have struct devices
> -	 * created for them.
> -	 */
> -	sup_dev = get_dev_from_fwnode(&sup_np->fwnode);
> -	if (!sup_dev &&
> -	    (of_node_check_flag(sup_np, OF_POPULATED) ||
> -	     sup_np->fwnode.flags & FWNODE_FLAG_NOT_DEVICE)) {
> -		pr_debug("Not linking %pOFP to %pOFP - No struct device\n",
> -			 con_np, sup_np);
> -		of_node_put(sup_np);
> -		return -ENODEV;
> +		tmp_np = of_get_next_parent(tmp_np);
>  	}
> -	put_device(sup_dev);
>  
>  	fwnode_link_add(of_fwnode_handle(con_np), of_fwnode_handle(sup_np));

fwnode_link_add() returns int. Why is the return type of this function
changed to void?

> -	of_node_put(sup_np);
> -
> -	return 0;
>  }
>  
>  /**

-- 
Regards,

Sakari Ailus