[PATCH RFC 1/2] of: property: fw_devlink: Follow GPIO nexus maps

From: Ernest Van Hoecke

Date: Wed Sep 02 2026 - 07:43:15 EST


From: Ernest Van Hoecke <ernest.vanhoecke@xxxxxxxxxxx>

GPIO consumers use of_parse_phandle_with_args_map() to resolve specifiers
through gpio-map properties. fw_devlink instead parses GPIO properties as
direct phandle references, so it records the nexus node as the supplier
rather than the mapped GPIO provider.

A nexus is a translation node, not the GPIO provider, and need not be
populated as a device. The resulting fwnode link can therefore remain
unresolved and indefinitely defer the consumer while
device_links_check_suppliers() waits for the nexus.

Use the map-aware parser for all supported GPIO property spellings. This
makes fw_devlink resolve the same provider as the GPIO consumer API. Direct
GPIO references continue to work because the map-aware parser returns the
original provider when no gpio-map property is present.

Add OF unittest coverage for mapped and direct GPIO suppliers, including
the deprecated singular and unprefixed property spellings.

Fixes: 7f00be96f125 ("of: property: Add device link support for interrupt-parent, dmas and -gpio(s)")
Reported-by: Leonardo Costa <leonardo.costa@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/juuc4af7ndbajcl7gzf4tg5qz2q2j5tt3rvql4jbauradujrre@gc5nbdhhixaf/
Tested-by: Leonardo Costa <leonardo.costa@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Ernest Van Hoecke <ernest.vanhoecke@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/of/property.c | 38 +++++++++++-----
drivers/of/unittest-data/tests-phandle.dtsi | 33 ++++++++++++++
drivers/of/unittest.c | 67 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
3 files changed, 128 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/of/property.c b/drivers/of/property.c
index 72cf12907de0..380df0861ab9 100644
--- a/drivers/of/property.c
+++ b/drivers/of/property.c
@@ -1311,6 +1311,19 @@ static struct device_node *parse_prop_cells(struct device_node *np,
return sup_args.np;
}

+static struct device_node *parse_nexus_prop(struct device_node *np,
+ const char *prop_name, int index,
+ const char *stem_name)
+{
+ struct of_phandle_args sup_args;
+
+ if (of_parse_phandle_with_args_map(np, prop_name, stem_name, index,
+ &sup_args))
+ return NULL;
+
+ return sup_args.np;
+}
+
#define DEFINE_SIMPLE_PROP(fname, name, cells) \
static struct device_node *parse_##fname(struct device_node *np, \
const char *prop_name, int index) \
@@ -1361,6 +1374,15 @@ static struct device_node *parse_##fname(struct device_node *np, \
return parse_suffix_prop_cells(np, prop_name, index, suffix, cells); \
}

+#define DEFINE_SUFFIX_NEXUS_PROP(fname, suffix, stem) \
+static struct device_node *parse_##fname(struct device_node *np, \
+ const char *prop_name, int index) \
+{ \
+ if (!strends(prop_name, suffix)) \
+ return NULL; \
+ return parse_nexus_prop(np, prop_name, index, stem); \
+}
+
/**
* struct supplier_bindings - Property parsing functions for suppliers
*
@@ -1416,7 +1438,7 @@ DEFINE_SIMPLE_PROP(pses, "pses", "#pse-cells")
DEFINE_SIMPLE_PROP(power_supplies, "power-supplies", NULL)
DEFINE_SIMPLE_PROP(mmc_pwrseq, "mmc-pwrseq", NULL)
DEFINE_SUFFIX_PROP(regulators, "-supply", NULL)
-DEFINE_SUFFIX_PROP(gpio, "-gpio", "#gpio-cells")
+DEFINE_SUFFIX_NEXUS_PROP(gpio, "-gpio", "gpio")

static struct device_node *parse_pinctrl_n(struct device_node *np,
const char *prop_name, int index)
@@ -1436,8 +1458,10 @@ static struct device_node *parse_gpios(struct device_node *np,
if (strends(prop_name, ",nr-gpios"))
return NULL;

- return parse_suffix_prop_cells(np, prop_name, index, "-gpios",
- "#gpio-cells");
+ if (!strends(prop_name, "-gpios"))
+ return NULL;
+
+ return parse_nexus_prop(np, prop_name, index, "gpio");
}

static struct device_node *parse_iommu_maps(struct device_node *np,
@@ -1452,8 +1476,6 @@ static struct device_node *parse_iommu_maps(struct device_node *np,
static struct device_node *parse_gpio_compat(struct device_node *np,
const char *prop_name, int index)
{
- struct of_phandle_args sup_args;
-
if (strcmp(prop_name, "gpio") && strcmp(prop_name, "gpios"))
return NULL;

@@ -1464,11 +1486,7 @@ static struct device_node *parse_gpio_compat(struct device_node *np,
if (of_property_read_bool(np, "gpio-hog"))
return NULL;

- if (of_parse_phandle_with_args(np, prop_name, "#gpio-cells", index,
- &sup_args))
- return NULL;
-
- return sup_args.np;
+ return parse_nexus_prop(np, prop_name, index, "gpio");
}

static struct device_node *parse_interrupts(struct device_node *np,
diff --git a/drivers/of/unittest-data/tests-phandle.dtsi b/drivers/of/unittest-data/tests-phandle.dtsi
index 554a996b2ef1..163ef07be16d 100644
--- a/drivers/of/unittest-data/tests-phandle.dtsi
+++ b/drivers/of/unittest-data/tests-phandle.dtsi
@@ -79,6 +79,39 @@ consumer-b {
phandle-list-bad-args = <&provider2 1 0>,
<&provider4 0>;
};
+
+ fw-devlink-tests {
+ gpio_provider: gpio-controller {
+ #gpio-cells = <2>;
+ };
+
+ test_nexus: nexus {
+ #gpio-cells = <2>;
+ gpio-map = <0 0 &gpio_provider 1 0>;
+ gpio-map-mask = <0xffffffff 0>;
+ gpio-map-pass-thru = <0 0xffffffff>;
+ };
+
+ gpio-compat-consumer {
+ gpios = <&test_nexus 0 0>;
+ };
+
+ gpio-compat-singular-consumer {
+ gpio = <&test_nexus 0 0>;
+ };
+
+ gpio-consumer {
+ test-gpios = <&test_nexus 0 0>;
+ };
+
+ gpio-direct-consumer {
+ test-gpios = <&gpio_provider 1 0>;
+ };
+
+ gpio-singular-consumer {
+ test-gpio = <&test_nexus 0 0>;
+ };
+ };
};
};
};
diff --git a/drivers/of/unittest.c b/drivers/of/unittest.c
index e255f54f4d76..487f3b629a73 100644
--- a/drivers/of/unittest.c
+++ b/drivers/of/unittest.c
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
#include <linux/dma-direct.h> /* to test phys_to_dma/dma_to_phys */
#include <linux/err.h>
#include <linux/errno.h>
+#include <linux/fwnode.h>
#include <linux/hashtable.h>
#include <linux/libfdt.h>
#include <linux/of.h>
@@ -710,6 +711,71 @@ static void __init of_unittest_parse_phandle_with_args_map(void)
}
}

+static void __init of_unittest_fw_devlink_supplier(struct device_node *tests,
+ const char *consumer_name,
+ const char *supplier_name)
+{
+ struct device_node *consumer, *supplier;
+ struct fwnode_handle *consumer_fwnode;
+ struct fwnode_link *link;
+ unsigned int link_count = 0;
+ bool found = false;
+ int rc;
+
+ consumer = of_get_child_by_name(tests, consumer_name);
+ supplier = of_get_child_by_name(tests, supplier_name);
+ if (!consumer || !supplier) {
+ pr_err("missing consumer %s or supplier %s\n", consumer_name, supplier_name);
+ goto put_nodes;
+ }
+
+ consumer_fwnode = of_fwnode_handle(consumer);
+ fwnode_links_purge(consumer_fwnode);
+ rc = fwnode_call_int_op(consumer_fwnode, add_links);
+ if (unittest(!rc, "failed to add links for %pOF: %d\n", consumer, rc))
+ goto purge_links;
+
+ /*
+ * fwnode_link_lock is private to the driver core. These test nodes are
+ * isolated and no one should modify their links now, so it is safe to
+ * inspect the supplier list without the lock here.
+ */
+ list_for_each_entry(link, &consumer_fwnode->suppliers, c_hook) {
+ link_count++;
+ if (link->supplier == of_fwnode_handle(supplier))
+ found = true;
+ }
+
+ unittest(link_count == 1, "%pOF has %u suppliers, expected 1\n", consumer, link_count);
+ unittest(found, "%pOF is not linked to supplier %pOF\n", consumer, supplier);
+
+purge_links:
+ fwnode_links_purge(consumer_fwnode);
+put_nodes:
+ of_node_put(consumer);
+ of_node_put(supplier);
+}
+
+static void __init of_unittest_fw_devlink(void)
+{
+ const char *gpio_supplier = "gpio-controller";
+ struct device_node *tests;
+
+ tests = of_find_node_by_path("/testcase-data/phandle-tests/fw-devlink-tests");
+ if (!tests) {
+ pr_err("missing fw_devlink test data\n");
+ return;
+ }
+
+ of_unittest_fw_devlink_supplier(tests, "gpio-compat-consumer", gpio_supplier);
+ of_unittest_fw_devlink_supplier(tests, "gpio-compat-singular-consumer", gpio_supplier);
+ of_unittest_fw_devlink_supplier(tests, "gpio-consumer", gpio_supplier);
+ of_unittest_fw_devlink_supplier(tests, "gpio-direct-consumer", gpio_supplier);
+ of_unittest_fw_devlink_supplier(tests, "gpio-singular-consumer", gpio_supplier);
+
+ of_node_put(tests);
+}
+
static void __init of_unittest_property_string(void)
{
const char *strings[4];
@@ -4533,6 +4599,7 @@ static int __init of_unittest(void)
of_unittest_dynamic();
of_unittest_parse_phandle_with_args();
of_unittest_parse_phandle_with_args_map();
+ of_unittest_fw_devlink();
of_unittest_printf();
of_unittest_property_string();
of_unittest_property_copy();

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2.43.0