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On Thu, Jan 14, 2016 at 02:54:17AM +0100, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:

> + * A side effect of the link creation is re-ordering of dpm_list and the
> + * devices_kset list by moving the consumer device and all devices depending
> + * on it to the ends of those lists.

How does this work in the scenario where a device instantiates a child
device then uses services that child provides to complete the
initializiation?  We do have that scenario currently for on chip
regulators to allow external regulators to be used.

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