From 94681aeae8926085ba60976bf12cdc9c6e5720e8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Thomas Makin <halorocker89@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 5 Nov 2025 05:55:44 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] [WAR] core: don't loop

---
 drivers/base/core.c | 9 +++++++++
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/base/core.c b/drivers/base/core.c
index 048ff98dbdfd..44e2841d78bd 100644
--- a/drivers/base/core.c
+++ b/drivers/base/core.c
@@ -2179,6 +2179,15 @@ static int fw_devlink_create_devlink(struct device *con,
 			goto out;
 		}
 
+		/*
+		 * SYNC_STATE_ONLY links are useless once a consumer device has probed.
+		 * So, only create it if the consumer hasn't probed yet.
+		 */
+		if (flags & DL_FLAG_SYNC_STATE_ONLY &&
+		    con->links.status != DL_DEV_NO_DRIVER &&
+		    con->links.status != DL_DEV_PROBING)
+			goto out;
+
 		if (con != sup_dev && !device_link_add(con, sup_dev, flags)) {
 			dev_err(con, "Failed to create device link (0x%x) with %s\n",
 				flags, dev_name(sup_dev));