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software node: return -ENOTCONN when referenced swnode is not registered yet
authorBartosz Golaszewski <bartosz.golaszewski@oss.qualcomm.com>
Tue, 7 Apr 2026 13:27:57 +0000 (15:27 +0200)
committerDanilo Krummrich <dakr@kernel.org>
Sat, 11 Apr 2026 13:57:54 +0000 (15:57 +0200)
commit8f4c13c2674d37bcbbdfc47c28ce0ca1a40a6682
tree3a817afc2c53366da78b76848873b699afde2aca
parenta2225b6e834a838ae3c93709760edc0a169eb2f2
software node: return -ENOTCONN when referenced swnode is not registered yet

It's possible that at the time of resolving a reference to a remote
software node, the node we know exists is not yet registered as a full
firmware node. We currently return -ENOENT in this case but the same
error code is also returned in some other cases, like the reference
property with given name not existing in the property list of the local
software node.

It makes sense to let users know that we're dealing with an unregistered
software node so that they can defer probe - the situation is somewhat
similar to there existing a firmware node to which no device is bound
yet - which is valid grounds for probe deferral. To that end: use
-ENOTCONN to indicate the software node is "not connected".

Acked-by: Andy Shevchenko <andy@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Bartosz Golaszewski <bartosz.golaszewski@oss.qualcomm.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260407-swnode-unreg-retcode-v4-1-1b2f0725eb9c@oss.qualcomm.com
[ Drop software node backend specifics from
  fwnode_property_get_reference_args() documentation. - Danilo ]
Signed-off-by: Danilo Krummrich <dakr@kernel.org>
drivers/base/property.c
drivers/base/swnode.c