[PATCH v3 06/28] driver core: fw_devlink: Introduce fw_devlink_set_device()

[Saravana Kannan]

On Fri, Jun 13, 2025 at 6:49 AM Herve Codina <herve.codina at bootlin.com> wrote:
>
> Setting fwnode->dev is specific to fw_devlink.
>
> In order to avoid having a direct 'fwnode->dev = dev;' in several
> place in the kernel, introduce fw_devlink_set_device() helper to perform
> this operation.
>

This should not be set anywhere outside the driver core files. I'll
get to reviewing the series, but until then, NACK to this.

Is there a specific patch that explain why we need to set this outside
driver core?

-Saravana

> Signed-off-by: Herve Codina <herve.codina at bootlin.com>
> ---
>  include/linux/fwnode.h | 6 ++++++
>  1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/include/linux/fwnode.h b/include/linux/fwnode.h
> index a921ca2fe940..a1345e274125 100644
> --- a/include/linux/fwnode.h
> +++ b/include/linux/fwnode.h
> @@ -231,4 +231,10 @@ void fw_devlink_purge_absent_suppliers(struct fwnode_handle *fwnode);
>  void fw_devlink_refresh_fwnode(struct fwnode_handle *fwnode);
>  bool fw_devlink_is_strict(void);
>
> +static inline void fw_devlink_set_device(struct fwnode_handle *fwnode,
> +                                        struct device *dev)
> +{
> +       fwnode->dev = dev;
> +}
> +
>  #endif
> --
> 2.49.0
>