Re: [PATCH] mfd: omap-usb-host: fix OF populate on driver rebind

[Lee Jones]

On Fri, 09 Jan 2026, Lee Jones wrote:

> On Fri, 19 Dec 2025, Johan Hovold wrote:
> 
> > Since commit c6e126de43e7 ("of: Keep track of populated platform
> > devices") child devices will not be created by of_platform_populate()
> > if the devices had previously been deregistered individually so that the
> > OF_POPULATED flag is still set in the corresponding OF nodes.
> > 
> > Switch to using of_platform_depopulate() instead of open coding so that
> > the child devices are created if the driver is rebound.
> > 
> > Fixes: c6e126de43e7 ("of: Keep track of populated platform devices")
> > Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx	# 3.16
> > Signed-off-by: Johan Hovold <johan@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> >  drivers/mfd/omap-usb-host.c | 6 ++++--
> >  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/drivers/mfd/omap-usb-host.c b/drivers/mfd/omap-usb-host.c
> > index a77b6fc790f2..4d29a6e2ed87 100644
> > --- a/drivers/mfd/omap-usb-host.c
> > +++ b/drivers/mfd/omap-usb-host.c
> > @@ -819,8 +819,10 @@ static void usbhs_omap_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
> >  {
> >  	pm_runtime_disable(&pdev->dev);
> >  
> > -	/* remove children */
> > -	device_for_each_child(&pdev->dev, NULL, usbhs_omap_remove_child);
> > +	if (pdev->dev.of_node)
> > +		of_platform_depopulate(&pdev->dev);
> 
> devm_of_platform_populate()?
> 
> > +	else
> > +		device_for_each_child(&pdev->dev, NULL, usbhs_omap_remove_child);
> 
> What on earth is this driver even doing in MFD?
> 
> Nightmare - quick dig, bury it!

Is the old platform method even supported anymore?

$ git grep \"usbhs_omap\""
drivers/mfd/omap-usb-host.c:#define USBHS_DRIVER_NAME   "usbhs_omap"

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Lee Jones [李琼斯]