Re: [PATCH v5 3/7] driver core: platform: provide platform_device_add_software_node()

[Bartosz Golaszewski]

On Tue, May 12, 2026 at 6:31 PM Danilo Krummrich <dakr@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Tue May 12, 2026 at 1:59 PM CEST, Bartosz Golaszewski wrote:
> > +int platform_device_add_software_node(struct platform_device *pdev,
> > +                                   const struct software_node *swnode)
> > +{
> > +     return device_add_software_node(&pdev->dev, swnode);
>
> I think this should be device_create_managed_software_node(), see also [1].
>
> That said, now that I see the resulting code and the corresponding subleties, I
> think we should reconsider your (well predicted) "temporary
> platform_device_release_full()" idea for -fixes, while iterating this for -next.
>

Agreed, I think it's much safer this way.

Bart