dt-bindings: remove 'interrupt-parent' from bindings

'interrupt-parent' is often documented as part of define bindings, but
it is really outside the scope of a device binding. It's never required
in a given node as it is often inherited from a parent node. Or it can
be implicit if a parent node is an 'interrupt-controller' node. So
remove it from all the binding files.

Cc: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>
Cc: devicetree@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Rob Herring <robh@kernel.org>

31 files changed, 0 insertions, 59 deletions

diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/interrupt-controller/abilis,tb10x-ictl.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/interrupt-controller/abilis,tb10x-ictl.txt
index 9d52d5afe3e9..5a4dd263fc12 100644
--- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/interrupt-controller/abilis,tb10x-ictl.txt
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/interrupt-controller/abilis,tb10x-ictl.txt
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ Required properties
 - interrupt-congroller: Identifies the node as an interrupt controller.
 - #interrupt cells: Specifies the number of cells used to encode an interrupt
   source connected to this controller. The value shall be 2.
-- interrupt-parent: Specifies the parent interrupt controller.
 - interrupts: Specifies the list of interrupt lines which are handled by
   the interrupt controller in the parent controller's notation. Interrupts
   are mapped one-to-one to parent interrupts.
diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/interrupt-controller/al,alpine-msix.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/interrupt-controller/al,alpine-msix.txt
index f6f1c14bf99b..5669764f9cc9 100644
--- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/interrupt-controller/al,alpine-msix.txt
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/interrupt-controller/al,alpine-msix.txt
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ Required properties:
 
 - compatible: should be "al,alpine-msix"
 - reg: physical base address and size of the registers
-- interrupt-parent: specifies the parent interrupt controller.
 - interrupt-controller: identifies the node as an interrupt controller
 - msi-controller: identifies the node as an PCI Message Signaled Interrupt
 		  controller
diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/interrupt-controller/allwinner,sunxi-nmi.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/interrupt-controller/allwinner,sunxi-nmi.txt
index 4903fb72d883..24beadf7ba83 100644
--- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/interrupt-controller/allwinner,sunxi-nmi.txt
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/interrupt-controller/allwinner,sunxi-nmi.txt
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ Required properties:
 - #interrupt-cells : Specifies the number of cells needed to encode an
   interrupt source. The value shall be 2. The first cell is the IRQ number, the
   second cell the trigger type as defined in interrupt.txt in this directory.
-- interrupt-parent: Specifies the parent interrupt controller.
 - interrupts: Specifies the interrupt line (NMI) which is handled by
   the interrupt controller in the parent controller's notation. This value
   shall be the NMI.
diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/interrupt-controller/amlogic,meson-gpio-intc.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/interrupt-controller/amlogic,meson-gpio-intc.txt
index 89674ad8a097..1502a51548bb 100644
--- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/interrupt-controller/amlogic,meson-gpio-intc.txt
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/interrupt-controller/amlogic,meson-gpio-intc.txt
@@ -15,9 +15,6 @@ Required properties:
     "amlogic,meson-gxbb-gpio-intc" for GXBB SoCs (S905) or
     "amlogic,meson-gxl-gpio-intc" for GXL SoCs (S905X, S912)
     "amlogic,meson-axg-gpio-intc" for AXG SoCs (A113D, A113X)
-- interrupt-parent : a phandle to the GIC the interrupts are routed to.
-   Usually this is provided at the root level of the device tree as it is
-   common to most of the SoC.
 - reg : Specifies base physical address and size of the registers.
 - interrupt-controller : Identifies the node as an interrupt controller.
 - #interrupt-cells : Specifies the number of cells needed to encode an
diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/interrupt-controller/atmel,aic.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/interrupt-controller/atmel,aic.txt
index 0e9f09a6a2fe..f4c5d34c4111 100644
--- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/interrupt-controller/atmel,aic.txt
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/interrupt-controller/atmel,aic.txt
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ Required properties:
 - compatible: Should be "atmel,<chip>-aic"
   <chip> can be "at91rm9200", "sama5d2", "sama5d3" or "sama5d4"
 - interrupt-controller: Identifies the node as an interrupt controller.
-- interrupt-parent: For single AIC system, it is an empty property.
 - #interrupt-cells: The number of cells to define the interrupts. It should be 3.
   The first cell is the IRQ number (aka "Peripheral IDentifier" on datasheet).
   The second cell is used to specify flags:
@@ -27,7 +26,6 @@ Examples:
 	aic: interrupt-controller@fffff000 {
 		compatible = "atmel,at91rm9200-aic";
 		interrupt-controller;
-		interrupt-parent;
 		#interrupt-cells = <3>;
 		reg = <0xfffff000 0x200>;
 	};
diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/interrupt-controller/brcm,bcm2835-armctrl-ic.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/interrupt-controller/brcm,bcm2835-armctrl-ic.txt
index 6428a6ba9f4a..0f1af5a1c12e 100644
--- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/interrupt-controller/brcm,bcm2835-armctrl-ic.txt
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/interrupt-controller/brcm,bcm2835-armctrl-ic.txt
@@ -26,8 +26,6 @@ Required properties:
   are 0..7 for bank 0, and 0..31 for bank 1.
 
 Additional required properties for brcm,bcm2836-armctrl-ic:
-- interrupt-parent : Specifies the parent interrupt controller when this
-  controller is the second level.
 - interrupts : Specifies the interrupt on the parent for this interrupt
   controller to handle.
 
diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/interrupt-controller/brcm,bcm3380-l2-intc.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/interrupt-controller/brcm,bcm3380-l2-intc.txt
index 8f48aad50868..37aea40d5430 100644
--- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/interrupt-controller/brcm,bcm3380-l2-intc.txt
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/interrupt-controller/brcm,bcm3380-l2-intc.txt
@@ -18,8 +18,6 @@ Required properties:
 - interrupt-controller: identifies the node as an interrupt controller
 - #interrupt-cells: specifies the number of cells needed to encode an interrupt
   source, should be 1.
-- interrupt-parent: specifies the phandle to the parent interrupt controller
-  this one is cascaded from
 - interrupts: specifies the interrupt line in the interrupt-parent controller
   node, valid values depend on the type of parent interrupt controller
 
diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/interrupt-controller/brcm,bcm6345-l1-intc.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/interrupt-controller/brcm,bcm6345-l1-intc.txt
index 4040905388d9..2bc19b1ac877 100644
--- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/interrupt-controller/brcm,bcm6345-l1-intc.txt
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/interrupt-controller/brcm,bcm6345-l1-intc.txt
@@ -29,8 +29,6 @@ Required properties:
 - interrupt-controller: identifies the node as an interrupt controller
 - #interrupt-cells: specifies the number of cells needed to encode an interrupt
   source, should be 1.
-- interrupt-parent: specifies the phandle to the parent interrupt controller(s)
-  this one is cascaded from
 - interrupts: specifies the interrupt line(s) in the interrupt-parent controller
   node; valid values depend on the type of parent interrupt controller
 
diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/interrupt-controller/brcm,bcm7038-l1-intc.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/interrupt-controller/brcm,bcm7038-l1-intc.txt
index cc217b22dccd..2117d4ac1ae5 100644
--- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/interrupt-controller/brcm,bcm7038-l1-intc.txt
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/interrupt-controller/brcm,bcm7038-l1-intc.txt
@@ -28,8 +28,6 @@ Required properties:
 - interrupt-controller: identifies the node as an interrupt controller
 - #interrupt-cells: specifies the number of cells needed to encode an interrupt
   source, should be 1.
-- interrupt-parent: specifies the phandle to the parent interrupt controller(s)
-  this one is cascaded from
 - interrupts: specifies the interrupt line(s) in the interrupt-parent controller
   node; valid values depend on the type of parent interrupt controller
 
diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/interrupt-controller/brcm,bcm7120-l2-intc.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/interrupt-controller/brcm,bcm7120-l2-intc.txt
index 44a9bb15dd56..addd86b6ca2f 100644
--- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/interrupt-controller/brcm,bcm7120-l2-intc.txt
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/interrupt-controller/brcm,bcm7120-l2-intc.txt
@@ -56,8 +56,6 @@ Required properties:
 - interrupt-controller: identifies the node as an interrupt controller
 - #interrupt-cells: specifies the number of cells needed to encode an interrupt
   source, should be 1.
-- interrupt-parent: specifies the phandle to the parent interrupt controller
-  this one is cascaded from
 - interrupts: specifies the interrupt line(s) in the interrupt-parent controller
   node, valid values depend on the type of parent interrupt controller
 - brcm,int-map-mask: 32-bits bit mask describing how many and which interrupts
diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/interrupt-controller/brcm,l2-intc.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/interrupt-controller/brcm,l2-intc.txt
index 36df06c5c567..d514ec060a4a 100644
--- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/interrupt-controller/brcm,l2-intc.txt
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/interrupt-controller/brcm,l2-intc.txt
@@ -8,8 +8,6 @@ Required properties:
 - interrupt-controller: identifies the node as an interrupt controller
 - #interrupt-cells: specifies the number of cells needed to encode an
   interrupt source. Should be 1.
-- interrupt-parent: specifies the phandle to the parent interrupt controller
-  this controller is cacaded from
 - interrupts: specifies the interrupt line in the interrupt-parent irq space
   to be used for cascading
 
diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/interrupt-controller/fsl,ls-scfg-msi.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/interrupt-controller/fsl,ls-scfg-msi.txt
index a4ff93d6b7f3..454ce04d6787 100644
--- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/interrupt-controller/fsl,ls-scfg-msi.txt
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/interrupt-controller/fsl,ls-scfg-msi.txt
@@ -13,9 +13,6 @@ Required properties:
 - reg: physical base address of the controller and length of memory mapped.
 - interrupts: an interrupt to the parent interrupt controller.
 
-Optional properties:
-- interrupt-parent: the phandle to the parent interrupt controller.
-
 This interrupt controller hardware is a second level interrupt controller that
 is hooked to a parent interrupt controller: e.g: ARM GIC for ARM-based
 platforms. If interrupt-parent is not provided, the default parent interrupt
diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/interrupt-controller/hisilicon,mbigen-v2.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/interrupt-controller/hisilicon,mbigen-v2.txt
index 3b2f4c43ad8d..a6813a071f15 100644
--- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/interrupt-controller/hisilicon,mbigen-v2.txt
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/interrupt-controller/hisilicon,mbigen-v2.txt
@@ -68,8 +68,6 @@ Examples:
 
 Devices connect to mbigen required properties:
 ----------------------------------------------------
--interrupt-parent: Specifies the mbigen device node which device connected.
-
 -interrupts:Specifies the interrupt source.
  For the specific information of each cell in this property,please refer to
  the "interrupt-cells" description mentioned above.
diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/interrupt-controller/ingenic,intc.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/interrupt-controller/ingenic,intc.txt
index 5f89fb635a1b..ecebaf19d4fd 100644
--- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/interrupt-controller/ingenic,intc.txt
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/interrupt-controller/ingenic,intc.txt
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ Required properties:
 - interrupt-controller : Identifies the node as an interrupt controller
 - #interrupt-cells : Specifies the number of cells needed to encode an
   interrupt source. The value shall be 1.
-- interrupt-parent : phandle of the CPU interrupt controller.
 - interrupts : Specifies the CPU interrupt the controller is connected to.
 
 Example:
diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/interrupt-controller/marvell,odmi-controller.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/interrupt-controller/marvell,odmi-controller.txt
index 3f6442c7f867..930fb462fd9f 100644
--- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/interrupt-controller/marvell,odmi-controller.txt
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/interrupt-controller/marvell,odmi-controller.txt
@@ -26,8 +26,6 @@ Required properties:
                          See Documentation/devicetree/bindings/interrupt-controller/arm,gic.txt
                          for details about the GIC Device Tree binding.
 
-- interrupt-parent     : Reference to the parent interrupt controller.
-
 Example:
 
 	odmi: odmi@300000 {
diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/interrupt-controller/mediatek,cirq.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/interrupt-controller/mediatek,cirq.txt
index a7efdbc3de5b..5865f4f2c69d 100644
--- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/interrupt-controller/mediatek,cirq.txt
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/interrupt-controller/mediatek,cirq.txt
@@ -16,8 +16,6 @@ Required properties:
   and "mediatek,cirq" as a fallback.
 - interrupt-controller : Identifies the node as an interrupt controller.
 - #interrupt-cells : Use the same format as specified by GIC in arm,gic.txt.
-- interrupt-parent: phandle of irq parent for cirq. The parent must
-  use the same interrupt-cells format as GIC.
 - reg: Physical base address of the cirq registers and length of memory
   mapped region.
 - mediatek,ext-irq-range: Identifies external irq number range in different
diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/interrupt-controller/mediatek,sysirq.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/interrupt-controller/mediatek,sysirq.txt
index 07bf0b9a5139..6a32922a55b8 100644
--- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/interrupt-controller/mediatek,sysirq.txt
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/interrupt-controller/mediatek,sysirq.txt
@@ -21,8 +21,6 @@ Required properties:
 	"mediatek,mt2701-sysirq", "mediatek,mt6577-sysirq": for MT2701
 - interrupt-controller : Identifies the node as an interrupt controller
 - #interrupt-cells : Use the same format as specified by GIC in arm,gic.txt.
-- interrupt-parent: phandle of irq parent for sysirq. The parent must
-  use the same interrupt-cells format as GIC.
 - reg: Physical base address of the intpol registers and length of memory
   mapped region. Could be multiple bases here. Ex: mt6797 needs 2 reg, others
   need 1.
diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/interrupt-controller/mscc,ocelot-icpu-intr.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/interrupt-controller/mscc,ocelot-icpu-intr.txt
index b47a8a02b17b..f5baeccb689f 100644
--- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/interrupt-controller/mscc,ocelot-icpu-intr.txt
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/interrupt-controller/mscc,ocelot-icpu-intr.txt
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ Required properties:
 - interrupt-controller : Identifies the node as an interrupt controller
 - #interrupt-cells : Specifies the number of cells needed to encode an
   interrupt source. The value shall be 1.
-- interrupt-parent : phandle of the CPU interrupt controller.
 - interrupts : Specifies the CPU interrupt the controller is connected to.
 
 Example:
diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/interrupt-controller/nvidia,tegra20-ictlr.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/interrupt-controller/nvidia,tegra20-ictlr.txt
index 1099fe0788fa..803d35de9aac 100644
--- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/interrupt-controller/nvidia,tegra20-ictlr.txt
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/interrupt-controller/nvidia,tegra20-ictlr.txt
@@ -19,8 +19,6 @@ Required properties:
 - interrupt-controller : Identifies the node as an interrupt controller.
 - #interrupt-cells : Specifies the number of cells needed to encode an
   interrupt source. The value must be 3.
-- interrupt-parent : a phandle to the GIC these interrupts are routed
-  to.
 
 Notes:
 
diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/interrupt-controller/nxp,lpc3220-mic.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/interrupt-controller/nxp,lpc3220-mic.txt
index 38211f344dc8..0bfb3ba55f4c 100644
--- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/interrupt-controller/nxp,lpc3220-mic.txt
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/interrupt-controller/nxp,lpc3220-mic.txt
@@ -14,8 +14,6 @@ Required properties:
   Reset value is IRQ_TYPE_LEVEL_LOW.
 
 Optional properties:
-- interrupt-parent: empty for MIC interrupt controller, link to parent
-  MIC interrupt controller for SIC1 and SIC2
 - interrupts: empty for MIC interrupt controller, cascaded MIC
   hardware interrupts for SIC1 and SIC2
 
diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/interrupt-controller/qca,ath79-misc-intc.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/interrupt-controller/qca,ath79-misc-intc.txt
index 475ae9bd562b..ad70006c1848 100644
--- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/interrupt-controller/qca,ath79-misc-intc.txt
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/interrupt-controller/qca,ath79-misc-intc.txt
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ Required Properties:
 - compatible: has to be "qca,<soctype>-cpu-intc", "qca,ar7100-misc-intc" or
   "qca,<soctype>-cpu-intc", "qca,ar7240-misc-intc"
 - reg: Base address and size of the controllers memory area
-- interrupt-parent: phandle of the parent interrupt controller.
 - interrupts: Interrupt specifier for the controllers interrupt.
 - interrupt-controller : Identifies the node as an interrupt controller
 - #interrupt-cells : Specifies the number of cells needed to encode interrupt
diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/interrupt-controller/qcom,pdc.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/interrupt-controller/qcom,pdc.txt
index 0b2c97ddb520..8e0797cb1487 100644
--- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/interrupt-controller/qcom,pdc.txt
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/interrupt-controller/qcom,pdc.txt
@@ -35,12 +35,6 @@ Properties:
 		    interrupt.
 		    The second element is the trigger type.
 
-- interrupt-parent:
-	Usage: required
-	Value type: <phandle>
-	Definition: Specifies the interrupt parent necessary for hierarchical
-		    domain to operate.
-
 - interrupt-controller:
 	Usage: required
 	Value type: <bool>
diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/interrupt-controller/samsung,exynos4210-combiner.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/interrupt-controller/samsung,exynos4210-combiner.txt
index 9e5f73412cd7..19af687858a1 100644
--- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/interrupt-controller/samsung,exynos4210-combiner.txt
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/interrupt-controller/samsung,exynos4210-combiner.txt
@@ -32,8 +32,6 @@ Optional properties:
 - samsung,combiner-nr: The number of interrupt combiners supported. If this
   property is not specified, the default number of combiners is assumed
   to be 16.
-- interrupt-parent: pHandle of the parent interrupt controller, if not
-  inherited from the parent node.
 
 
 Example:
diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/interrupt-controller/sigma,smp8642-intc.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/interrupt-controller/sigma,smp8642-intc.txt
index 1f441fa0ad40..355c18a3a4d3 100644
--- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/interrupt-controller/sigma,smp8642-intc.txt
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/interrupt-controller/sigma,smp8642-intc.txt
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ Required properties:
 - compatible: should be "sigma,smp8642-intc"
 - reg: physical address of MMIO region
 - ranges: address space mapping of child nodes
-- interrupt-parent: phandle of parent interrupt controller
 - interrupt-controller: boolean
 - #address-cells: should be <1>
 - #size-cells: should be <1>
diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/interrupt-controller/snps,archs-idu-intc.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/interrupt-controller/snps,archs-idu-intc.txt
index 8b46a34e05f1..09fc02b99845 100644
--- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/interrupt-controller/snps,archs-idu-intc.txt
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/interrupt-controller/snps,archs-idu-intc.txt
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ Properties:
 
 - compatible: "snps,archs-idu-intc"
 - interrupt-controller: This is an interrupt controller.
-- interrupt-parent: <reference to parent core intc>
 - #interrupt-cells: Must be <1>.
 
   Value of the cell specifies the "common" IRQ from peripheral to IDU. Number N
diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/interrupt-controller/snps,dw-apb-ictl.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/interrupt-controller/snps,dw-apb-ictl.txt
index 492911744ca3..086ff08322db 100644
--- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/interrupt-controller/snps,dw-apb-ictl.txt
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/interrupt-controller/snps,dw-apb-ictl.txt
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ Required properties:
 - interrupt-controller: identifies the node as an interrupt controller
 - #interrupt-cells: number of cells to encode an interrupt-specifier, shall be 1
 - interrupts: interrupt reference to primary interrupt controller
-- interrupt-parent: (optional) reference specific primary interrupt controller
 
 The interrupt sources map to the corresponding bits in the interrupt
 registers, i.e.
diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/interrupt-controller/socionext,synquacer-exiu.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/interrupt-controller/socionext,synquacer-exiu.txt
index 8b2faefe29ca..dac0846fe789 100644
--- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/interrupt-controller/socionext,synquacer-exiu.txt
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/interrupt-controller/socionext,synquacer-exiu.txt
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ Required properties:
 - interrupt-controller : Identifies the node as an interrupt controller.
 - #interrupt-cells     : Specifies the number of cells needed to encode an
                          interrupt source. The value must be 3.
-- interrupt-parent     : phandle of the GIC these interrupts are routed to.
 - socionext,spi-base   : The SPI number of the first SPI of the 32 adjacent
                          ones the EXIU forwards its interrups to.
 
diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/interrupt-controller/st,spear3xx-shirq.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/interrupt-controller/st,spear3xx-shirq.txt
index 2ab0ea39867b..a407c499b3cc 100644
--- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/interrupt-controller/st,spear3xx-shirq.txt
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/interrupt-controller/st,spear3xx-shirq.txt
@@ -31,10 +31,6 @@ Required properties:
     parent) is equal to number of groups. The format of the interrupt
     specifier depends in the interrupt parent controller.
 
-  Optional properties:
-  - interrupt-parent: pHandle of the parent interrupt controller, if not
-    inherited from the parent node.
-
 Example:
 
 The following is an example from the SPEAr320 SoC dtsi file.
diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/interrupt-controller/technologic,ts4800.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/interrupt-controller/technologic,ts4800.txt
index 7f15f1b0325b..341ae5909333 100644
--- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/interrupt-controller/technologic,ts4800.txt
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/interrupt-controller/technologic,ts4800.txt
@@ -11,6 +11,4 @@ Required properties:
   region
 - #interrupt-cells: specifies the number of cells needed to encode an interrupt
   source, should be 1.
-- interrupt-parent: phandle to the parent interrupt controller this one is
-  cascaded from
 - interrupts: specifies the interrupt line in the interrupt-parent controller
diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/interrupt-controller/ti,c64x+megamod-pic.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/interrupt-controller/ti,c64x+megamod-pic.txt
index 42bb796cc4ad..ee3f9c351501 100644
--- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/interrupt-controller/ti,c64x+megamod-pic.txt
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/interrupt-controller/ti,c64x+megamod-pic.txt
@@ -46,7 +46,6 @@ C6X Interrupt Chips
   - interrupt-controller
   - #interrupt-cells: <1>
   - reg: base address and size of register area
-  - interrupt-parent: must be core interrupt controller
   - interrupts: This should have four cells; one for each interrupt combiner.
                 The cells contain the core priority interrupt to which the
                 corresponding combiner output is wired.
diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/interrupt-controller/ti,omap4-wugen-mpu b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/interrupt-controller/ti,omap4-wugen-mpu
index 18d4f407bf0e..422d6908f8b2 100644
--- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/interrupt-controller/ti,omap4-wugen-mpu
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/interrupt-controller/ti,omap4-wugen-mpu
@@ -12,8 +12,6 @@ Required properties:
 - interrupt-controller : Identifies the node as an interrupt controller.
 - #interrupt-cells : Specifies the number of cells needed to encode an
   interrupt source. The value must be 3.
-- interrupt-parent : a phandle to the GIC these interrupts are routed
-  to.
 
 Notes: