Subject: [PATCH 1/3] mfd: always assign of_node in mfd_add_device()

From: [email-masked] (Stephen Warren)
Date: Mon, 06 Jan 2014 11:12:15 -0700

On 12/20/2013 07:25 AM, Lee Jones wrote:
> Hi Stephen,
> 
> Please let me know if this is suitable and I can keep your Ack.

This patch doesn't seem to have made it into next-20140106. I assume
that's just because of the holidays, not because it was forgotten?

> ----
> 
> mfd: Revert "mfd: Always assign of_node in mfd_add_device()"
> 
> This reverts commit 68044bee13770918e0b28dd44aa98c889ec7558f.
> 
> We've had confirmed reports of this patch causing unforeseen issues
> with existing MFD users. It has been agreed by the original author
> and myself that reversion is the best solution.
> 
> Acked-by: Stephen Warren <[email-masked]>
> Signed-off-by: Lee Jones <[email-masked]>
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/mfd/mfd-core.c b/drivers/mfd/mfd-core.c
> index 32e8d47..2676492 100644
> --- a/drivers/mfd/mfd-core.c
> +++ b/drivers/mfd/mfd-core.c
> @@ -117,8 +117,6 @@ static int mfd_add_device(struct device *parent, int id,
>  			}
>  		}
>  	}
> -	if (!pdev->dev.of_node)
> -		pdev->dev.of_node = parent->of_node;
>  
>  	if (cell->pdata_size) {
>  		ret = platform_device_add_data(pdev,
>