1 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-omap2/omap_hwmod.h b/arch/arm/mach-omap2/omap_hwmod.h
index 512f809a3f4d..35ca6efbec31 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-omap2/omap_hwmod.h
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-omap2/omap_hwmod.h
@@ -633,6 +633,7 @@ struct omap_hwmod_link {
  * @flags: hwmod flags (documented below)
  * @_lock: spinlock serializing operations on this hwmod
  * @node: list node for hwmod list (internal use)
+ * @parent_hwmod: (temporary) a pointer to the hierarchical parent of this hwmod
  *
  * @main_clk refers to this module's "main clock," which for our
  * purposes is defined as "the functional clock needed for register
@@ -643,6 +644,12 @@ struct omap_hwmod_link {
  * the omap_hwmod code and should not be set during initialization.
  *
  * @masters and @slaves are now deprecated.
+ *
+ * @parent_hwmod is temporary; there should be no need for it, as this
+ * information should already be expressed in the OCP interface
+ * structures.  @parent_hwmod is present as a workaround until we improve
+ * handling for hwmods with multiple parents (e.g., OMAP4+ DSS with
+ * multiple register targets across different interconnects).
  */
 struct omap_hwmod {
         const char                      *name;
@@ -680,6 +687,7 @@ struct omap_hwmod {
         u8                              _int_flags;
         u8                              _state;
         u8                              _postsetup_state;
+        struct omap_hwmod               *parent_hwmod;
 };
 
 struct omap_hwmod *omap_hwmod_lookup(const char *name);