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

From: Johan Hovold

Date: Tue Jan 13 2026 - 04:37:21 EST


On Fri, Jan 09, 2026 at 04:37:25PM +0000, 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>

> > @@ -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()?

Looks like that would work here, but I prefer using explicit removal for
both the OF and non-OF for symmetry and readability reasons.

If you think that the non-OF support can be removed then a devres
conversion can be done as part of that change.

> > + else
> > + device_for_each_child(&pdev->dev, NULL, usbhs_omap_remove_child);

Johan