From 8891123f9cbb9c1ee531e5a87fa116f0af685c48 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Heikki Krogerus <heikki.krogerus@linux.intel.com>
Date: Mon, 1 Mar 2021 17:30:11 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] software node: Fix node registration

Software node can not be registered before its parent.

Fixes: 80488a6b1d3c ("software node: Add support for static node descriptors")
Cc: 5.10+ <stable@vger.kernel.org> # 5.10+
Signed-off-by: Heikki Krogerus <heikki.krogerus@linux.intel.com>
Reviewed-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com>
Tested-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com>
---
 drivers/base/swnode.c | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/base/swnode.c b/drivers/base/swnode.c
index 37179a8b1ceb..74db8c971db7 100644
--- a/drivers/base/swnode.c
+++ b/drivers/base/swnode.c
@@ -938,6 +938,9 @@ int software_node_register(const struct software_node *node)
 	if (software_node_to_swnode(node))
 		return -EEXIST;
 
+	if (node->parent && !parent)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
 	return PTR_ERR_OR_ZERO(swnode_register(node, parent, 0));
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(software_node_register);