Re: [PATCH v3 2/3] driver core: fw_devlink: Add support for FWNODE_FLAG_NEEDS_CHILD_BOUND_ON_ADD

[Andrew Lunn]

> > diff --git a/include/linux/fwnode.h b/include/linux/fwnode.h
> > index 59828516ebaf..9f4ad719bfe3 100644
> > --- a/include/linux/fwnode.h
> > +++ b/include/linux/fwnode.h
> > @@ -22,10 +22,15 @@ struct device;
> >   * LINKS_ADDED:        The fwnode has already be parsed to add fwnode links.
> >   * NOT_DEVICE: The fwnode will never be populated as a struct device.
> >   * INITIALIZED: The hardware corresponding to fwnode has been initialized.
> > + * NEEDS_CHILD_BOUND_ON_ADD: For this fwnode/device to probe successfully, its
> > + *                          driver needs its child devices to be bound with
> > + *                          their respective drivers as soon as they are
> > + *                          added.
> 
> The fact that this requires so much comment text here is a clear
> band-aid indication to me.

This whole patchset is a band aid, but it is for stable, to fix things
which are currently broken. So we need to answer the question, is a
bad aid good enough for stable, with the assumption a real fix will
come along later?

     Andrew