[PATCH] powerpc/pseries: dynamically added OF nodes need to call of_node_init

Michael Ellerman mpe at ellerman.id.au
Thu Jul 10 12:33:50 EST 2014


On Wed, 2014-07-09 at 21:20 -0400, Tyrel Datwyler wrote:
> Commit 75b57ecf9 refactored device tree nodes to use kobjects such that they
> can be exposed via /sysfs. A secondary commit 0829f6d1f furthered this rework
> by moving the kobect initialization logic out of of_node_add into its own
> of_node_init function. The inital commit removed the existing kref_init calls
> in the pseries dlpar code with the assumption kobject initialization would
> occur in of_node_add. The second commit had the side effect of triggering a
> BUG_ON as a result of dynamically added nodes being uninitialized.

So does this mean DLPAR is broken since 0829f6d1f (3.15-rc1)?

If so this should have a Cc: stable at kernel.org shouldn't it?

And the latest trend is to also add:

Fixes: 0829f6d1f69e ("of: device_node kobject lifecycle fixes")

cheers




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