[PATCH 3/3 v2] of/device: Register children with a compatible value in of_platform_bus_probe()

[Grant Likely]

On Fri, Dec 10, 2010 at 06:52:20PM +0800, Lan Chunhe wrote:
> Currently, of_platform_bus_probe() completely skips nodes which do not
> explicitly match the 'matches' table passed in.  Or, if the root node
> matches, then it registers all the children unconditionally.  However,
> there are situations, such as registering devices from the root node,
> when it is desirable to register child nodes, but only if they actually
> represent devices.  For example, the root node may contain both a local
> bus and a PCI device, but it also contains the chosen, aliases and cpus
> nodes which don't represent real devices.
> 
> This patch changes of_platform_bus_probe() to register all nodes at the
> top level if they either match the matches table (the current behaviour),
> or if they have a 'compatible' value (indicating it represents a device).
> 
> Signed-off-by: Lan Chunhe <b25806 at freescale.com>

I believe this is my patch I wrote and pushed out to my tree back in
October.  Was this cherry-picked out of the test-devicetree branch?

> ---
>  drivers/of/platform.c |   28 +++++++++++++++++++++++-----
>  1 files changed, 23 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/of/platform.c b/drivers/of/platform.c
> index 5b4a07f..02755ab 100644
> --- a/drivers/of/platform.c
> +++ b/drivers/of/platform.c
> @@ -714,6 +714,8 @@ int of_platform_bus_probe(struct device_node *root,
>  	struct device_node *child;
>  	struct platform_device *dev;
>  	int rc = 0;
> +	const void *compat;
> +	const struct of_device_id *match;
>  
>  	if (WARN_ON(!matches || matches == OF_NO_DEEP_PROBE))
>  		return -EINVAL;
> @@ -741,16 +743,32 @@ int of_platform_bus_probe(struct device_node *root,
>  		rc = of_platform_bus_create(root, matches, &dev->dev);
>  		goto bail;
>  	}
> +
> +	/*
> +	 * Register each child node if either:
> +	 *  a) it has a 'compatible' value indicating they are a device, or
> +	 *  b) it is specified by the 'matches' table (by name or device_type)
> +	 * If a node is specified in the matches table, then all its children
> +	 * also get registered.
> +	 */
>  	for_each_child_of_node(root, child) {
> -		if (!of_match_node(matches, child))
> +		compat = of_get_property(child, "compatible", NULL);
> +		match = of_match_node(matches, child);
> +		if (!compat && !match)
>  			continue;
>  
> -		pr_debug("  match: %s\n", child->full_name);
> +		pr_debug("  register device: %s\n", child->full_name);
>  		dev = of_platform_device_create(child, NULL, parent);
> -		if (dev == NULL)
> +		if (!dev) {
>  			rc = -ENOMEM;
> -		else
> -			rc = of_platform_bus_create(child, matches, &dev->dev);
> +			of_node_put(child);
> +			break;
> +		}
> +		if (!match)
> +			continue;
> +
> +		pr_debug("  register children of: %s\n", child->full_name);
> +		rc = of_platform_bus_create(child, matches, &dev->dev);
>  		if (rc) {
>  			of_node_put(child);
>  			break;
> -- 
> 1.5.4.5
> 
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