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SubjectRe: [RFC PATCH] OF: fix of_find_node_by_path() assumption that of_allnodes is root
On Fri, Jun 13, 2014 at 12:53 AM, Frank Rowand <frowand.list@gmail.com> wrote:
> From: Frank Rowand <frank.rowand@sonymobile.com>
>
> Pantelis Antoniou reports that of_find_node_by_path() is borked because
> of_allnodes is not guaranteed to contain the root of the tree after using
> any of the dynamic update functions because some other nodes ends up as
> of_allnodes.
>
> Fixes: c22e650e66b8 of: Make of_find_node_by_path() handle /aliases

Is it not possible to do a fix in of_find_node_by_path instead? I just
wonder if this could have any other unintended side-effects on
of_attach_node's behavior.

Rob

>
> Signed-off-by: Frank Rowand <frank.rowand@sonymobile.com>
> ---
>
>
> Pantelis,
>
> Can you test whether the problem you reported in irc?
>
> This patch has not been tested, not even compile tested.
>
>
> drivers/of/base.c | 8 6 + 2 - 0 !
> 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> Index: b/drivers/of/base.c
> ===================================================================
> --- a/drivers/of/base.c
> +++ b/drivers/of/base.c
> @@ -1948,6 +1948,9 @@ int of_reconfig_notify(unsigned long act
>
> /**
> * of_attach_node - Plug a device node into the tree and global list.
> + *
> + * Put the device node after of_allnodes in the global list so that
> + * of_allnodes remains the root.
> */
> int of_attach_node(struct device_node *np)
> {
> @@ -1958,11 +1961,12 @@ int of_attach_node(struct device_node *n
> if (rc)
> return rc;
>
> + BUG_ON(!of_allnodes);
> raw_spin_lock_irqsave(&devtree_lock, flags);
> np->sibling = np->parent->child;
> - np->allnext = of_allnodes;
> + np->allnext = of_allnodes->allnext;
> np->parent->child = np;
> - of_allnodes = np;
> + of_allnodes->allnext = np;
> of_node_clear_flag(np, OF_DETACHED);
> raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&devtree_lock, flags);
>


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