linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v5 3/7] of: Warn if of_graph_get_next

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Date:	Fri, 28 Feb 2014 22:09:25 +0100
From:	Sylwester Nawrocki <snjw23@...il.com>
To:	Philipp Zabel <p.zabel@...gutronix.de>
CC:	Grant Likely <grant.likely@...aro.org>,
	Mauro Carvalho Chehab <m.chehab@...sung.com>,
	Russell King - ARM Linux <linux@....linux.org.uk>,
	Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>,
	Sylwester Nawrocki <s.nawrocki@...sung.com>,
	Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@...asonboard.com>,
	Guennadi Liakhovetski <g.liakhovetski@....de>,
	Tomi Valkeinen <tomi.valkeinen@...com>,
	Kyungmin Park <kyungmin.park@...sung.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-media@...r.kernel.org,
	devicetree@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 3/7] of: Warn if of_graph_get_next_endpoint is called
 with the root node

On 02/27/2014 06:35 PM, Philipp Zabel wrote:
> If of_graph_get_next_endpoint is given a parentless node instead of an
> endpoint node, it is clearly a bug.
>
> Signed-off-by: Philipp Zabel<p.zabel@...gutronix.de>
> ---
>   drivers/of/base.c | 4 ++--
>   1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/of/base.c b/drivers/of/base.c
> index b2f223f..6e650cf 100644
> --- a/drivers/of/base.c
> +++ b/drivers/of/base.c
> @@ -2028,8 +2028,8 @@ struct device_node *of_graph_get_next_endpoint(const struct device_node *parent,
>   		of_node_put(node);
>   	} else {
>   		port = of_get_parent(prev);
> -		if (!port)
> -			/* Hm, has someone given us the root node ?... */
> +		if (WARN_ONCE(!port, "%s(): endpoint has no parent node\n",
> +			      __func__))

Perhaps we can add more information to this error log, e.g.

		if (WARN_ONCE(!port, "%s(): endpoint %s has no parent node\n",
			      __func__, prev->full_name))
?
>   			return NULL;
>
>   		/* Avoid dropping prev node refcount to 0. */
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