On Sun, Sep 19, 2021 at 03:16:34AM +0200, Andrew Lunn wrote:

quoted

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diff --git a/include/linux/fwnode.h b/include/linux/fwnode.h
index 59828516ebaf..9f4ad719bfe3 100644
--- a/include/linux/fwnode.h
+++ b/include/linux/fwnode.h

@@ -22,10 +22,15 @@ struct device;
  * LINKS_ADDED:        The fwnode has already be parsed to add fwnode links.
  * NOT_DEVICE: The fwnode will never be populated as a struct device.
  * INITIALIZED: The hardware corresponding to fwnode has been initialized.
+ * NEEDS_CHILD_BOUND_ON_ADD: For this fwnode/device to probe successfully, its
+ *                          driver needs its child devices to be bound with
+ *                          their respective drivers as soon as they are
+ *                          added.

The fact that this requires so much comment text here is a clear
band-aid indication to me.

This whole patchset is a band aid, but it is for stable, to fix things
which are currently broken. So we need to answer the question, is a
bad aid good enough for stable, with the assumption a real fix will
come along later?

Fix it properly first and worry about stable later.

greg k-h