Re: [PATCH] i3c: Move device name assignment after i3c_bus_init

From: Frank Li

Date: Mon Jan 12 2026 - 11:00:52 EST


On Mon, Jan 12, 2026 at 02:07:22PM +0800, Billy Tsai wrote:
> Move device name initialization to occur after i3c_bus_init()
> so that i3cbus->id is guaranteed to be assigned before it is used.
>
> Fixes: 9d4f219807d5 ("i3c: fix refcount inconsistency in i3c_master_register")
> Signed-off-by: Billy Tsai <billy_tsai@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---

Reviewed-by: Frank Li <Frank.Li@xxxxxxx>

> drivers/i3c/master.c | 3 ++-
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/i3c/master.c b/drivers/i3c/master.c
> index 7f606c871648..1bc3c9068402 100644
> --- a/drivers/i3c/master.c
> +++ b/drivers/i3c/master.c
> @@ -2881,7 +2881,6 @@ int i3c_master_register(struct i3c_master_controller *master,
> INIT_LIST_HEAD(&master->boardinfo.i3c);
>
> device_initialize(&master->dev);
> - dev_set_name(&master->dev, "i3c-%d", i3cbus->id);
>
> master->dev.dma_mask = parent->dma_mask;
> master->dev.coherent_dma_mask = parent->coherent_dma_mask;
> @@ -2891,6 +2890,8 @@ int i3c_master_register(struct i3c_master_controller *master,
> if (ret)
> goto err_put_dev;
>
> + dev_set_name(&master->dev, "i3c-%d", i3cbus->id);
> +
> ret = of_populate_i3c_bus(master);
> if (ret)
> goto err_put_dev;
>
> ---
> base-commit: 9c7ef209cd0f7c1a92ed61eed3e835d6e4abc66c
> change-id: 20260112-upstream_i3c_fix-455a2cc442a5
>
> Best regards,
> --
> Billy Tsai <billy_tsai@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>