Re: [RFC PATCH] OF: fix of_find_node_by_path() assumption that of_allnodes is root

[Frank Rowand <frowand.list@gmail.com>]

On 6/14/2014 8:00 AM, Grant Likely wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 13, 2014 at 4:06 PM, Grant Likely <grant.likely@linaro.org> wrote:
>> On Fri, Jun 13, 2014 at 2:52 PM, Rob Herring <robherring2@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> On Fri, Jun 13, 2014 at 12:53 AM, Frank Rowand <frowand.list@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> From: Frank Rowand <frank.rowand@sonymobile.com>
>>>>
>>>> Pantelis Antoniou reports that of_find_node_by_path() is borked because
>>>> of_allnodes is not guaranteed to contain the root of the tree after using
>>>> any of the dynamic update functions because some other nodes ends up as
>>>> of_allnodes.
>>>>
>>>> Fixes: c22e650e66b8 of: Make of_find_node_by_path() handle /aliases
>>>
>>> Is it not possible to do a fix in of_find_node_by_path instead? I just
>>> wonder if this could have any other unintended side-effects on
>>> of_attach_node's behavior.
>>
>> Given that I'm going to replace the custom list with list_head which
>> makes this problem go away, I think this solution is fine.
>>
>> Acked-by: Grant Likely <grant.likely@linaro.org>
> 
> That said, the following might be better because it would guarantee
> that children always appear after parents...

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I agree, I like that better.  Patch respun, v2 will be sent as a reply
to this email.

Pantelis, can you test v2 please?

Thanks,

Frank