linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/4] of: Add of_parse_phandle_with_opt

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Message-ID: <20150930135723.GK10997@leverpostej>
Date:	Wed, 30 Sep 2015 14:57:24 +0100
From:	Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>
To:	Rob Herring <robh@...nel.org>
Cc:	Marc Zyngier <Marc.Zyngier@....com>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org" 
	<linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
	Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>,
	Jason Cooper <jason@...edaemon.net>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@...gle.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/4] of: Add of_parse_phandle_with_opt_args() helper
 function

On Tue, Sep 29, 2015 at 06:28:11PM +0100, Rob Herring wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 22, 2015 at 12:52 PM, Marc Zyngier <marc.zyngier@....com> wrote:
> > of_parse_phandle_with_args() is slightly inflexible as it doesn't
> > allow the (unusual) case where the #*-cells property is not defined.
> > In order to support this, introduce of_parse_phandle_with_opt_args()
> > which assumes that #*-cells is zero when it is not defined,
> 
> zero or cell_count - 1?
> 
> I would be okay with always assuming zero rather than being an error
> if that simplifies things. It is not really the kernel's job to be a
> dtb validator.

In most other cases #$foo-cells is strictly required, and you could get
bizarre behaviour in drivers by assuming 0. It would be good to keep a
warning for those.

That said, I guess drivers should be checking that the number of cells
is what they expect, so maybe any warnings should exist there.

> Also, I assume this was done for some compatibility?

Yup. There are existing users without #msi-cells (which is effectively
the same as #msi-cells = 0).

> In general, we should be explicit, so "#msi-cells = <0>" should be
> recommended and we should update dts files if they are not.

I agree, assuming we retain support for existing DTBs which lack
#msi-cells.

Mark.
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