[PATCH 5.10.y 2/2] device property: fix infinite loop in fwnode_for_each_child_node()
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REVIEWED: 9 (9M)
From: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
Date: 2026-09-05 00:16:49
Subsystem:
driver core, kobjects, debugfs and sysfs, software nodes and device properties, the rest · Maintainers:
Greg Kroah-Hartman, "Rafael J. Wysocki", Danilo Krummrich, Linus Torvalds
2 review trailers (1 from subsystem maintainers).
From: Xu Yang <xu.yang_2@nxp.com>
[ Upstream commit 1900692555826753adab8799a1a8d50bb1ee200c ]
When iterate over children of a fwnode that has a secondary fwnode,
fwnode_get_next_child_node() can enter an infinite loop if the secondary
fwnode has more than one child.
Parent Child
(Primary fwnode) FWa: {FWa1, FWa2, FWa3}
(Secondary fwnode) FWb: {FWb1, FWb2}
In this case:
┌─> fwnode_get_next_child_node(FWa, FWa1)
│ - fwnode_call_ptr_op(FWa, get_next_child_node, FWa1) returns FWa2
│
│ ...
│
│ fwnode_get_next_child_node(FWa, FWa3)
│ - fwnode_call_ptr_op(FWa, get_next_child_node, FWa3) returns NULL
│ - fwnode_call_ptr_op(FWb, get_next_child_node, FWa3) returns FWb1
│
│ fwnode_get_next_child_node(FWa, FWb1)
│ - fwnode_call_ptr_op(FWa, get_next_child_node, FWb1) returns FWa1
└────┘
This cause fwnode_for_each_child_node() to loop indefinitely, reapeatedly
output {FWa1, FWa2, FWa3, FWb1, FWa1, ...}.
The root cause is that when the current child (FWb1) belongs to the
secondary fwnode, calling get_next_child_node() on the parimary fwnode
incorrectly returns the first child (FWa1) again instead of NULL.
Fix this by dynamically checking the parent fwnode of the current child
before calling get_next_child_node(). This approach follows the pattern
established in commit b5b41ab6b0c1 ("device property: Check
fwnode->secondary in fwnode_graph_get_next_endpoint()").
Fixes: 2692c614f8f0 ("device property: Allow secondary lookup in fwnode_get_next_child_node()")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Xu Yang <xu.yang_2@nxp.com>
Tested-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com>
Tested-by: Xu Yang <xu.yang_2@nxp.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260611203537.1786399-2-andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
---
drivers/base/property.c | 19 ++++++++++++++++---
1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/base/property.c b/drivers/base/property.c
index 4b16531d77916..2601c1d806c51 100644
--- a/drivers/base/property.c
+++ b/drivers/base/property.c@@ -740,18 +740,31 @@ struct fwnode_handle * fwnode_get_next_child_node(const struct fwnode_handle *fwnode, struct fwnode_handle *child) { + const struct fwnode_handle *parent; + struct fwnode_handle *child_parent __free(fwnode_handle) = NULL; struct fwnode_handle *next; - if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(fwnode)) + /* + * If this function is in a loop and the previous iteration returned + * an child from fwnode->secondary, then we need to use the secondary + * as parent rather than @fwnode. + */ + if (child) { + child_parent = fwnode_get_parent(child); + parent = child_parent; + } else { + parent = fwnode; + } + if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(parent)) return NULL; /* Try to find a child in primary fwnode */ - next = fwnode_call_ptr_op(fwnode, get_next_child_node, child); + next = fwnode_call_ptr_op(parent, get_next_child_node, child); if (next) return next; /* When no more children in primary, continue with secondary */ - return fwnode_call_ptr_op(fwnode->secondary, get_next_child_node, child); + return fwnode_get_next_child_node(parent->secondary, NULL); } EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(fwnode_get_next_child_node);
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