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| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/base/core.c | 19 |
1 files changed, 19 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/base/core.c b/drivers/base/core.c index 316df6027093..21d4cb5d3767 100644 --- a/drivers/base/core.c +++ b/drivers/base/core.c @@ -1722,6 +1722,25 @@ static int fw_devlink_create_devlink(struct device *con, struct device *sup_dev; int ret = 0; + /* + * In some cases, a device P might also be a supplier to its child node + * C. However, this would defer the probe of C until the probe of P + * completes successfully. This is perfectly fine in the device driver + * model. device_add() doesn't guarantee probe completion of the device + * by the time it returns. + * + * However, there are a few drivers that assume C will finish probing + * as soon as it's added and before P finishes probing. So, we provide + * a flag to let fw_devlink know not to delay the probe of C until the + * probe of P completes successfully. + * + * When such a flag is set, we can't create device links where P is the + * supplier of C as that would delay the probe of C. + */ + if (sup_handle->flags & FWNODE_FLAG_NEEDS_CHILD_BOUND_ON_ADD && + fwnode_is_ancestor_of(sup_handle, con->fwnode)) + return -EINVAL; + sup_dev = get_dev_from_fwnode(sup_handle); if (sup_dev) { /* |