Re: [PATCH v7 2/4] drm/xe/i2c: use device_create_managed_software_node()

From: Heikki Krogerus

Date: Tue Jul 14 2026 - 05:42:37 EST


On Mon, Jul 13, 2026 at 11:37:03AM -0400, Rodrigo Vivi wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 13, 2026 at 05:11:58PM +0200, Bartosz Golaszewski wrote:
> > This driver intentionally uses the fine-grained approach to creating
> > platform devices. It assigns a software node as the primary firmware
> > node of the device it creates. Ahead of improving the reference counting
> > of platform device software nodes, switch to using
> > device_create_managed_software_node(). This way, we create a dynamic
> > software node whose life-time is tied to the device to which it's
> > assigned.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Bartosz Golaszewski <bartosz.golaszewski@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Cc: Heikki Krogerus <heikki.krogerus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

LGTM:

Reviewed-by: Heikki Krogerus <heikki.krogerus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

> > ---
> > drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_i2c.c | 22 ++++++++--------------
> > drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_i2c.h | 1 -
>
> Acked-by: Rodrigo Vivi <rodrigo.vivi@xxxxxxxxx>
>
> > 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_i2c.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_i2c.c
> > index 3d80eafb9a1318996d10db11e14af4cfde07ba55..af6e973e5e68125a9c006bb646447ca6e377a6e6 100644
> > --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_i2c.c
> > +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_i2c.c
> > @@ -93,13 +93,8 @@ static int xe_i2c_register_adapter(struct xe_i2c *i2c)
> > {
> > struct pci_dev *pci = to_pci_dev(i2c->drm_dev);
> > struct platform_device *pdev;
> > - struct fwnode_handle *fwnode;
> > int ret;
> >
> > - fwnode = fwnode_create_software_node(xe_i2c_adapter_properties, NULL);
> > - if (IS_ERR(fwnode))
> > - return PTR_ERR(fwnode);
> > -
> > /*
> > * Not using platform_device_register_full() here because we don't have
> > * a handle to the platform_device before it returns. xe_i2c_notifier()
> > @@ -107,10 +102,14 @@ static int xe_i2c_register_adapter(struct xe_i2c *i2c)
> > * platform_device_register_full() is done.
> > */
> > pdev = platform_device_alloc(adapter_name, pci_dev_id(pci));
> > - if (!pdev) {
> > - ret = -ENOMEM;
> > - goto err_fwnode_remove;
> > - }
> > + if (!pdev)
> > + return -ENOMEM;
> > +
> > + ret = device_create_managed_software_node(&pdev->dev,
> > + xe_i2c_adapter_properties,
> > + NULL);
> > + if (ret)
> > + goto err_pdev_put;
> >
> > if (i2c->adapter_irq) {
> > struct resource res;
> > @@ -123,8 +122,6 @@ static int xe_i2c_register_adapter(struct xe_i2c *i2c)
> > }
> >
> > pdev->dev.parent = i2c->drm_dev;
> > - platform_device_set_fwnode(pdev, fwnode);
> > - i2c->adapter_node = fwnode;
> > i2c->pdev = pdev;
> >
> > ret = platform_device_add(pdev);
> > @@ -135,8 +132,6 @@ static int xe_i2c_register_adapter(struct xe_i2c *i2c)
> >
> > err_pdev_put:
> > platform_device_put(pdev);
> > -err_fwnode_remove:
> > - fwnode_remove_software_node(fwnode);
> >
> > return ret;
> > }
> > @@ -144,7 +139,6 @@ static int xe_i2c_register_adapter(struct xe_i2c *i2c)
> > static void xe_i2c_unregister_adapter(struct xe_i2c *i2c)
> > {
> > platform_device_unregister(i2c->pdev);
> > - fwnode_remove_software_node(i2c->adapter_node);
> > }
> >
> > /**
> > diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_i2c.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_i2c.h
> > index 425d8160835f4648891ff75f2a9c06284241710e..b28229f056c5a664e1d41dc0cc1978782fe1c2f1 100644
> > --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_i2c.h
> > +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_i2c.h
> > @@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ struct xe_i2c_endpoint {
> > };
> >
> > struct xe_i2c {
> > - struct fwnode_handle *adapter_node;
> > struct platform_device *pdev;
> > struct i2c_adapter *adapter;
> > struct i2c_client *client[XE_I2C_MAX_CLIENTS];
> >
> > --
> > 2.47.3
> >

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heikki