Re: [PATCH] drm/xe/i2c: use device_create_managed_software_node()

[Vivekanandan, Balasubramani]

On 09.10.2026 08:43, Raag Jadav wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 22, 2026 at 04:25:55PM +0200, Bartosz Golaszewski wrote:
> > This driver intentionally uses the fine-grained approach to creating
> > platform devices. It assigns a software node as the primary firmware
> > node of the device it creates. Ahead of improving the reference counting
> > of platform device software nodes, switch to using
> > device_create_managed_software_node(). This way, we create a dynamic
> > software node whose life-time is tied to the device to which it's
> > assigned.
> > 
> > Reviewed-by: Heikki Krogerus <heikki.krogerus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Acked-by: Rodrigo Vivi <rodrigo.vivi@xxxxxxxxx>
> > Signed-off-by: Bartosz Golaszewski <bartosz.golaszewski@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> > This patch exists in mainline as commit fc90ce2d ("drm/xe/i2c: use
> > device_create_managed_software_node()") but the code got silently
> > overwritten by merge commit cc467969646b ("Merge drm/drm-next into
> > drm-xe-next"). It should be reapplied.
> 
> Seeing this on drm-xe-next during driver unbind.

Submitted a fix for it - https://lore.kernel.org/intel-xe/20261009164241.923756-2-balasubramani.vivekanandan@xxxxxxxxx/#t

Regards,
Bala

> 
> [ 8042.309896] Oops: general protection fault, probably for non-canonical address 0x6b6b6b6b6b6b6b73: 0000 [#1] SMP NOPTI
> [ 8042.316397] [Poison overwritten] 0xff110001b3a7e838-0xff110001b3a7e847 @offset=26680. First byte 0x6a instead of 0x6b
> [ 8042.316513] =============================================================================
> [ 8042.316534] BUG kmalloc-512 (Tainted: G S   U      E      ): Object corrupt
> [ 8042.316551] -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> [ 8042.316572] Allocated in swnode_register+0x35/0x260 age=42577 cpu=0 pid=381
> [ 8042.316598]  swnode_register+0x35/0x260
> [ 8042.316612]  fwnode_create_software_node+0xbe/0x180
> [ 8042.316628]  device_create_managed_software_node+0x82/0xf0
> [ 8042.316642]  xe_i2c_probe+0x1b8/0x260 [xe]
> [ 8042.316939]  xe_device_probe+0x617/0x1000 [xe]
> [ 8042.317109]  xe_pci_probe+0x539/0xb40 [xe]
> [ 8042.317310]  local_pci_probe+0x47/0xa0
> [ 8042.317322]  local_pci_probe_callback+0x1a/0x30
> [ 8042.317334]  process_one_work+0x2ad/0x880
> [ 8042.317347]  worker_thread+0x204/0x3e0
> [ 8042.317357]  kthread+0x113/0x150
> [ 8042.317367]  ret_from_fork+0x2dd/0x3c0
> [ 8042.317379]  ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30
> [ 8042.317391] Freed in software_node_release+0xa0/0x100 age=2 cpu=13 pid=6676
> [ 8042.317409]  kfree+0x227/0x4c0
> [ 8042.317418]  software_node_release+0xa0/0x100
> [ 8042.317429]  kobject_put+0x8c/0x220
> [ 8042.317440]  software_node_notify_remove+0xa5/0xe0
> [ 8042.317450]  device_del+0x17b/0x3b0
> [ 8042.317461]  platform_device_del.part.0+0x18/0x90
> [ 8042.317475]  platform_device_unregister+0x24/0x40
> [ 8042.317486]  xe_i2c_remove+0x84/0xa0 [xe]
> [ 8042.317720]  devm_action_release+0x1a/0x20
> [ 8042.317729]  release_nodes+0x3d/0x130
> [ 8042.317738]  devres_release_all+0x96/0xd0
> [ 8042.317749]  device_unbind_cleanup+0x2a/0xa0
> [ 8042.317763]  device_release_driver_internal+0x21e/0x260
> [ 8042.317775]  device_driver_detach+0x18/0x20
> [ 8042.317785]  unbind_store+0xa8/0xb0
> [ 8042.317794]  drv_attr_store+0x28/0x40
> [ 8042.317804] Slab 0xffd4000006ce9e00 objects=21 used=17 fp=0xff110001b3a7dc00 flags=0x17ffffc0000240(workingset|head|node=0|zone=2|lastcpupid=0x1fffff)
> [ 8042.317830] Object 0xff110001b3a7e800 @offset=26624 fp=0xff110001b3a7dc00
> 
> Raag
> 
> > ---
> >  drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_i2c.c | 22 ++++++++--------------
> >  drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_i2c.h |  1 -
> >  2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_i2c.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_i2c.c
> > index 51ca9fb73b708317c5dd8613d0ba060b8dc2028e..f4f3819882897f7f19a7bd3043a936e3c7eec553 100644
> > --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_i2c.c
> > +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_i2c.c
> > @@ -111,14 +111,9 @@ static int xe_i2c_register_adapter(struct xe_i2c *i2c)
> >  {
> >  	struct pci_dev *pci = to_pci_dev(i2c->drm_dev);
> >  	struct platform_device *pdev;
> > -	struct fwnode_handle *fwnode;
> >  	int ret;
> >  	u32 id;
> >  
> > -	fwnode = fwnode_create_software_node(xe_i2c_adapter_properties, NULL);
> > -	if (IS_ERR(fwnode))
> > -		return PTR_ERR(fwnode);
> > -
> >  	id = (pci_domain_nr(pci->bus) << 16) | pci_dev_id(pci);
> >  
> >  	/*
> > @@ -128,14 +123,16 @@ static int xe_i2c_register_adapter(struct xe_i2c *i2c)
> >  	 * platform_device_register_full() is done.
> >  	 */
> >  	pdev = platform_device_alloc(adapter_name, id);
> > -	if (!pdev) {
> > -		ret = -ENOMEM;
> > -		goto err_fwnode_remove;
> > -	}
> > +	if (!pdev)
> > +		return -ENOMEM;
> > +
> > +	ret = device_create_managed_software_node(&pdev->dev,
> > +						  xe_i2c_adapter_properties,
> > +						  NULL);
> > +	if (ret)
> > +		goto err_pdev_put;
> >  
> >  	pdev->dev.parent = i2c->drm_dev;
> > -	pdev->dev.fwnode = fwnode;
> > -	i2c->adapter_node = fwnode;
> >  	i2c->pdev = pdev;
> >  
> >  	ret = platform_device_add(pdev);
> > @@ -146,8 +143,6 @@ static int xe_i2c_register_adapter(struct xe_i2c *i2c)
> >  
> >  err_pdev_put:
> >  	platform_device_put(pdev);
> > -err_fwnode_remove:
> > -	fwnode_remove_software_node(fwnode);
> >  
> >  	return ret;
> >  }
> > @@ -155,7 +150,6 @@ static int xe_i2c_register_adapter(struct xe_i2c *i2c)
> >  static void xe_i2c_unregister_adapter(struct xe_i2c *i2c)
> >  {
> >  	platform_device_unregister(i2c->pdev);
> > -	fwnode_remove_software_node(i2c->adapter_node);
> >  }
> >  
> >  /**
> > diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_i2c.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_i2c.h
> > index d63adacfefe71b3ae695987f104f978959a7e2c5..5969054a6b6b3f184857defd4ad3f6489f05aca0 100644
> > --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_i2c.h
> > +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_i2c.h
> > @@ -33,7 +33,6 @@ struct xe_i2c_endpoint {
> >  };
> >  
> >  struct xe_i2c {
> > -	struct fwnode_handle *adapter_node;
> >  	struct platform_device *pdev;
> >  	struct i2c_adapter *adapter;
> >  	struct i2c_client *client[XE_I2C_MAX_CLIENTS];
> > 
> > ---
> > base-commit: 5c4d4169604b335c38bbc79bc1fc03042981fc6f
> > change-id: 20260922-xe-i2c-reapply-swnode-unreg-8e18b542549f
> > 
> > Best regards,
> > -- 
> > Bartosz Golaszewski <bartosz.golaszewski@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >