[PATCH v4 1/4] dt: check root nodes for match on of_platform_populate

[Grant Likely]

On Fri, Jun 10, 2011 at 03:48:40PM -0500, Rob Herring wrote:
> From: Rob Herring <rob.herring at calxeda.com>
> 
> of_platform_populate will create platform devices for the top-level nodes
> if they have a compatible string, but regardless of a match or not.
> 
> Cc: Grant Likely <grant.likely at secretlab.ca>
> Signed-off-by: Rob Herring <rob.herring at calxeda.com>
> ---
>  drivers/of/platform.c |    2 ++
>  1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/of/platform.c b/drivers/of/platform.c
> index 9b785be..dc56a77 100644
> --- a/drivers/of/platform.c
> +++ b/drivers/of/platform.c
> @@ -318,6 +318,8 @@ int of_platform_populate(struct device_node *root,
>  		return -EINVAL;
>  
>  	for_each_child_of_node(root, child) {
> +		if (!of_match_node(matches, child))
> +			continue;

This doesn't look right.  The point of of_platform_populate() is to
register platform_devices for all the child nodes, regardless of
whether or not they are in the match table.

of_platform_bus_create() does the correct behaviour to check for
whether or not to register grandchildren.

>  		rc = of_platform_bus_create(child, matches, parent, true);
>  		if (rc)
>  			break;
> -- 
> 1.7.4.1
>