The ksz9477 is currently the only driver using dev_set_parent_priv()
outside of the driver model. Also, there was no explanation in the
commit adding ksz9477 driver and why dev_set_parent_priv() is
required.
Actually there is a typo in ksz_mdio_probe() while retrieving
the parent (switch@0) private data:
Printing the address of struct ksz_dsa_priv *priv allows
to notice the slight difference:
ksz_i2c_probe: ksz_dsa_priv *priv 0xfdf45768 // address of the saved priv
ksz_mdio_bind: ksz_dsa_priv *priv 0xfdf45798 // address returned by dev_get_parent_priv(dev->parent)
ksz_mdio_bind: ksz_dsa_priv *priv 0xfdf45768 // address returned by dev_get_priv(dev->parent)
The ksz_mdio driver get the wrong data and without
dev_set_parent_priv() the mdio driver fail to access the underlying
bus.
While it doesn't cause any issue with I2C bus, it override the
per-child data used by the SPI bus (struct spi_slave) and prevent
further bus access (even with sspi command).