linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] devicetree: add helper inline for retrieving a node's full name

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Date:	Sat, 16 Jun 2012 14:59:30 +1000
From:	Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>
To:	Grant Likely <grant.likely@...retlab.ca>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, devicetree-discuss@...ts.ozlabs.org,
	Paul Mundt <lethal@...ux-sh.org>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] devicetree: add helper inline for retrieving a node's
 full name

On Fri, 2012-06-15 at 22:00 -0600, Grant Likely wrote:
> On Sat, 16 Jun 2012 08:57:50 +1000, Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org> wrote:
> > On Fri, 2012-06-15 at 11:50 -0600, Grant Likely wrote:
> > > The pattern (np ? np->full_name : "<none>") is rather common in the
> > > kernel, but can also make for quite long lines.  This patch adds a new
> > > inline function, of_node_full_name() so that the test for a valid node
> > > pointer doesn't need to be open coded at all call sites.
> > 
> > s/of_node_full_name/of_node_path ?
> 
> It would be nicer to have the shorter name, but the data member is
> already named full_name, so I'd rather use the same for the function
> name (unless you argue strongly against, it's not something I'm going
> to fight about).

Nah, it's just that full_name was never a very good choice to begin
with ... Do as you wish. Renaming the data member might be a bit
annoying I can immagine :-)

Cheers,
Ben.


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