Re: [PATCH v3 3/3] PCI: of: introduce of_pci_update_endpoint_node_ranges()
From: Ilpo Järvinen
Date: Fri Oct 09 2026 - 06:50:47 EST
On Thu, 24 Sep 2026, Alex Elder wrote:
> Commit 407d1a51921e9 ("PCI: Create device tree node for bridge")
> introduced the PCI_DYNAMIC_OF_NODES Kconfig option, which creates
> a devicetree node for a PCI bridge as part of pci_bus_add_device().
> Its successor commit ae9813db1dc5a ("PCI: Add quirks to generate
> device tree node for Xilinx Alveo U50") shows how to use a PCI final
> fixup quirk to also create a devicetree node for a non-bridge PCI
> device. In both cases, of_pci_make_dev_node() uses an OF changeset
> to dynamically create a node populated with appropriate properties
> and apply it to the live devicetree.
>
> The dynamic devicetree node for a PCI device will include a "ranges"
> property, and a new type of 3-cell address is introduced for use
> within an endpoint. The endpoint's ranges property will contain a
> range entry for each of the endpoint's BARs. The "child address"
> portion of each range will use the BAR number in the "flags" (first)
> cell in the address. This allows addresses within the endpoint to
> be expressed relative to whatever address gets assigned to each BAR.
>
> Unfortunately, if a PCI endpoint device had a devicetree node set
> up statically, its "ranges" property (if present) will be static,
> and it cannot contain the addresses assigned to the endpoint's BARs
> during enumeration.
>
> This means that the "BAR number" based addressing scheme doesn't
> work for PCI endpoints whose devicetree nodes are created statically.
>
> To remedy this, modify of_pci_make_dev_node() to dynamically create
> a "ranges" property even if the device already has a devicetree
> node--just as is done when the endpoint has none. A few conditions:
> - A PCI bridge node's ranges property is never updated
> - If a PCI endpoint node defines a ranges property with a
> non-empty value (i.e., it's not just "ranges;"), that
> ranges property is preserved
>
> Otherwise a new ranges property is created using assigned addresses,
> and it replaces (or adds) that property to the PCI endpoint node.
>
> As a result, "BAR number" addresses work correctly even when the
> endpoint's devicetree node is created statically.
>
> Signed-off-by: Alex Elder <elder@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> v3: - Don't update an existing non-empty ranges property
>
> drivers/pci/of.c | 94 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----
> drivers/pci/of_property.c | 2 +-
> drivers/pci/pci.h | 1 +
> 3 files changed, 88 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/pci/of.c b/drivers/pci/of.c
> index 5a040ed836744..7fb5e0351719c 100644
> --- a/drivers/pci/of.c
> +++ b/drivers/pci/of.c
> @@ -742,20 +742,98 @@ void of_pci_remove_node(struct pci_dev *pdev)
> of_node_put(np);
> }
>
> +/* Returns true if the ranges property was added or updated successfully */
> +static bool of_pci_update_endpoint_node_ranges(struct pci_dev *pdev)
> +{
> + struct device_node *np = pci_device_to_OF_node(pdev);
> + struct property *prop;
> + u32 *value;
> + u32 size;
> +
> + prop = kzalloc_obj(*prop);
> + if (!prop)
> + return false;
> +
> + value = of_pci_build_prop_ranges(pdev, &size);
> + if (!value) {
> + kfree(prop);
> + return false;
> + }
> +
> + prop->name = "ranges";
> + prop->length = size * sizeof(u32);
> + prop->value = value;
> +
> + /* The property value needs to be in big-endian byte order */
> + while (size--)
> + cpu_to_be32s(value++);
Add include.
--
i.
> +
> + /* of_update_property() consumes the allocated property */
> + of_update_property(np, prop);
> +
> + return true;
> +}
> +
> +/*
> + * Create a devicetree node for a PCI device. If the device is a bridge
> + * and it already has a devicetree node, there's nothing further to do.
> + * If it is a bridge without an existing devicetree node, one is created
> + * dynamically.
> + *
> + * This function can also be called (via PCI quirk) for a PCI endpoint
> + * (function) that implements a PCI endpoint bus. As with a PCI bridge,
> + * if the endpoint has no existing devicetree node, one is created
> + * dynamically. The node will include a ranges property that maps
> + * BAR-relative addresses in the child to the PCI address ranges
> + * assigned to the PCI endpoint BARs.
> + *
> + * If an endpoint already has a devicetree node, and it includes a
> + * "pci-ep-bus" sub-node, its ranges property must still be dynamically
> + * populated so that it can take into account the BAR ranges assigned
> + * during PCI enumeration.
> + */
> void of_pci_make_dev_node(struct pci_dev *pdev)
> {
> - struct device_node *ppnode, *np = NULL;
> + struct device_node *np = pci_device_to_OF_node(pdev);
> + struct device *dev = &pdev->dev;
> + struct device_node *ppnode;
> + struct of_changeset *cset;
> const char *pci_type;
> - struct of_changeset *cset;
> const char *name;
> int ret;
>
> - /*
> - * If there is already a device tree node linked to this device,
> - * return immediately.
> - */
> - if (pci_device_to_OF_node(pdev))
> + /* See if the PCI device already has a devicetree node */
> + if (np) {
> + struct device_node *child;
> + unsigned int rlen = 0;
> +
> + /* Nothing further needed for a bridge */
> + if (pci_is_bridge(pdev))
> + return;
> +
> + /*
> + * A ranges property is only needed if the endpoint's
> + * devicetree node includes a "pci-ep-bus" sub-node.
> + */
> + child = of_get_child_by_name(np, "pci-ep-bus");
> + if (!child)
> + return;
> + of_node_put(child);
> +
> + /* If the ranges property is non-empty, just keep it.*/
> + if (of_get_property(np, "ranges", &rlen) && rlen)
> + return;
> +
> + /*
> + * Otherwise create a ranges property, defining an entry for
> + * each BAR, and map BAR offsets to the PCI bus address based
> + * on the BAR's assigned range.
> + */
> + if (!of_pci_update_endpoint_node_ranges(pdev))
> + dev_err(dev, "failed to update ranges property\n");
> +
> return;
> + }
>
> /* Check if there is device tree node for parent device */
> if (!pdev->bus->self)
> @@ -794,7 +872,7 @@ void of_pci_make_dev_node(struct pci_dev *pdev)
>
> np->data = cset;
>
> - ret = device_add_of_node(&pdev->dev, np);
> + ret = device_add_of_node(dev, np);
> if (ret)
> goto out_revert_cset;
>
> diff --git a/drivers/pci/of_property.c b/drivers/pci/of_property.c
> index 9f30b3c09a730..8e1548c4aac3c 100644
> --- a/drivers/pci/of_property.c
> +++ b/drivers/pci/of_property.c
> @@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ static int of_pci_prop_bus_range(struct pci_dev *pdev,
> *
> * Caller is responsible for ensuring the returned pointer gets freed.
> */
> -static u32 *of_pci_build_prop_ranges(struct pci_dev *pdev, u32 *count)
> +u32 *of_pci_build_prop_ranges(struct pci_dev *pdev, u32 *count)
> {
> bool bridge_device = pci_is_bridge(pdev);
> struct of_pci_range_entry *entries;
> diff --git a/drivers/pci/pci.h b/drivers/pci/pci.h
> index 2e33d3bd4b0ba..1461e52777532 100644
> --- a/drivers/pci/pci.h
> +++ b/drivers/pci/pci.h
> @@ -1318,6 +1318,7 @@ struct of_changeset;
> #ifdef CONFIG_PCI_DYNAMIC_OF_NODES
> void of_pci_make_dev_node(struct pci_dev *pdev);
> void of_pci_remove_node(struct pci_dev *pdev);
> +u32 *of_pci_build_prop_ranges(struct pci_dev *pdev, u32 *count);
> int of_pci_add_properties(struct pci_dev *pdev, struct of_changeset *ocs,
> struct device_node *np);
> void of_pci_make_host_bridge_node(struct pci_host_bridge *bridge);
>