linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/5] of: introduce of_graph_get_remote

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Date:   Sat, 4 Feb 2017 18:10:14 +0200
From:   Vladimir Zapolskiy <vladimir_zapolskiy@...tor.com>
To:     Rob Herring <robh@...nel.org>, David Airlie <airlied@...ux.ie>,
        Daniel Vetter <daniel.vetter@...el.com>,
        Sean Paul <seanpaul@...omium.org>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/5] of: introduce of_graph_get_remote_node

Hi Rob,

On 02/04/2017 05:36 AM, Rob Herring wrote:
> The OF graph API leaves too much of the graph walking to clients when
> in many cases the driver doesn't care about accessing the port or
> endpoint nodes. The drivers typically just want the device connected via
> a particular graph connection. of_graph_get_remote_node provides this
> functionality.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Rob Herring <robh@...nel.org>
> ---
>  drivers/of/base.c        | 28 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  include/linux/of_graph.h |  8 ++++++++
>  2 files changed, 36 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/of/base.c b/drivers/of/base.c
> index d4bea3c797d6..ea18ab16b92c 100644
> --- a/drivers/of/base.c
> +++ b/drivers/of/base.c
> @@ -2469,3 +2469,31 @@ struct device_node *of_graph_get_remote_port(const struct device_node *node)
>  	return of_get_next_parent(np);
>  }
>  EXPORT_SYMBOL(of_graph_get_remote_port);
> +
> +struct device_node *of_graph_get_remote_node(const struct device_node *node,
> +					     int port, int endpoint)

it would be nice to add a short comment that a returned device
node is expected to be dereferenced with of_node_put().

> +{
> +	struct device_node *endpoint_node, *remote;
> +
> +	endpoint_node = of_graph_get_endpoint_by_regs(node, port, endpoint);
> +	if (!endpoint_node) {
> +		pr_debug("no valid endpoint (%d, %d) for node %s\n",
> +			 port, endpoint, node->full_name);
> +		return NULL;
> +	}
> +
> +	remote = of_graph_get_remote_port_parent(endpoint_node);
> +	of_node_put(endpoint);

Typo, here it should be of_node_put(endpoint_node);

> +	if (!remote) {
> +		pr_debug("no valid remote node\n");
> +		return NULL;
> +	}
> +
> +	if (!of_device_is_available(remote)) {
> +		pr_debug("not available for remote node\n");
> +		return NULL;
> +	}
> +
> +	return remote;
> +}
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL(of_graph_get_remote_node);

--
With best wishes,
Vladimir