Re: [RFC PATCH] OF: fix of_find_node_by_path() assumption that of_allnodes is root

From: Frank Rowand
Date: Fri Jun 13 2014 - 12:49:13 EST


On 6/13/2014 6:52 AM, Rob Herring wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 13, 2014 at 12:53 AM, Frank Rowand <frowand.list@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> From: Frank Rowand <frank.rowand@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>
>> 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

Yes, the code for that is in https://lkml.org/lkml/2014/5/20/758

Or as Grant said in his reply, just use the fix in of_attach_node() for
now since he is going to replace the custom list.

> wonder if this could have any other unintended side-effects on
> of_attach_node's behavior.
>
> Rob
>
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Frank Rowand <frank.rowand@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> ---
>>
>>
>> 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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