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-rw-r--r--drivers/of/overlay.c18
1 files changed, 15 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/of/overlay.c b/drivers/of/overlay.c
index b930e05d1215..30d91f907026 100644
--- a/drivers/of/overlay.c
+++ b/drivers/of/overlay.c
@@ -312,7 +312,20 @@ static int add_changeset_property(struct overlay_changeset *ovcs,
* If @node has child nodes, add the children recursively via
* build_changeset_next_level().
*
- * NOTE: Multiple mods of created nodes not supported.
+ * NOTE_1: A live devicetree created from a flattened device tree (FDT) will
+ * not contain the full path in node->full_name. Thus an overlay
+ * created from an FDT also will not contain the full path in
+ * node->full_name. However, a live devicetree created from Open
+ * Firmware may have the full path in node->full_name.
+ *
+ * add_changeset_node() follows the FDT convention and does not include
+ * the full path in node->full_name. Even though it expects the overlay
+ * to not contain the full path, it uses kbasename() to remove the
+ * full path should it exist. It also uses kbasename() in comparisons
+ * to nodes in the live devicetree so that it can apply an overlay to
+ * a live devicetree created from Open Firmware.
+ *
+ * NOTE_2: Multiple mods of created nodes not supported.
* If more than one fragment contains a node that does not already exist
* in the live tree, then for each fragment of_changeset_attach_node()
* will add a changeset entry to add the node. When the changeset is
@@ -339,8 +352,7 @@ static int add_changeset_node(struct overlay_changeset *ovcs,
break;
if (!tchild) {
- tchild = __of_node_dup(node, "%pOF/%s",
- target_node, node_kbasename);
+ tchild = __of_node_dup(node, node_kbasename);
if (!tchild)
return -ENOMEM;