[PATCH v2 3/5] regulator: helper routine to extract regulator_init_data
Shawn Guo
shawn.guo at freescale.com
Mon Oct 24 11:51:33 EDT 2011
On Mon, Oct 24, 2011 at 04:56:31PM +0200, Grant Likely wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 24, 2011 at 10:51:40PM +0800, Shawn Guo wrote:
> > On Mon, Oct 24, 2011 at 03:59:50PM +0200, Grant Likely wrote:
> > > On Mon, Oct 24, 2011 at 09:40:26PM +0800, Shawn Guo wrote:
> > > > diff --git a/drivers/regulator/core.c b/drivers/regulator/core.c
> > > > index 8fe132d..29dcf90 100644
> > > > --- a/drivers/regulator/core.c
> > > > +++ b/drivers/regulator/core.c
> > > > @@ -2673,7 +2673,8 @@ struct regulator_dev *regulator_register(struct regulator_desc *regulator_desc,
> > > > BLOCKING_INIT_NOTIFIER_HEAD(&rdev->notifier);
> > > >
> > > > /* find device_node and attach it */
> > > > - rdev->dev.of_node = of_find_node_by_name(NULL, regulator_desc->name);
> > > > + rdev->dev.of_node = of_find_node_by_name(dev->parent->of_node,
> > > > + regulator_desc->name);
> > >
> > > of_find_node_by_name() doesn't work that way. The first argument is a
> > > starting point, but it doesn't restrict the search to children of a
> > > node.
> > >
> > > for_each_child_of_node() is what you want to use when iterating over
> > > the children which unfortunately changes the structure of this
> > > function.
> > >
> > The dev->parent->of_node is meant to point to node 'pmic: mc13892 at 0'.
> > And the intention here is not to iterate over the children, but to
> > start a search from a reasonable point rather than the top root node.
>
> It is always better to attach the of_node at struct device
> registration time instead of searching the tree in common code. The
> of_node should already be assigned by the time regulator_register() is
> called.
That's the problem we have. There is no 'struct dev' to attach of_node
for each regulator by the time regulator_register() is called, because
the 'struct dev' for each regulator is created inside
regulator_register() as wrapped by 'struct regulator_dev'.
--
Regards,
Shawn
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