linux-kernel - RE: [PATCH v6 1/6] clk: Add of_clk_get_by_name

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Date:   Mon, 19 Nov 2018 10:41:42 +0000
From:   Phil Edworthy <phil.edworthy@...esas.com>
To:     Uwe Kleine-König 
        <u.kleine-koenig@...gutronix.de>
CC:     Stephen Boyd <sboyd@...nel.org>,
        Michael Turquette <mturquette@...libre.com>,
        Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>,
        Russell King <linux@...linux.org.uk>,
        "linux-clk@...r.kernel.org" <linux-clk@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-renesas-soc@...r.kernel.org" 
        <linux-renesas-soc@...r.kernel.org>,
        Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>,
        "linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org" 
        <linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>
Subject: RE: [PATCH v6 1/6] clk: Add of_clk_get_by_name_optional() function

Hi Uwe,

On 16 November 2018 16:11 Uwe Kleine-König wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 16, 2018 at 05:01:28PM +0100, Uwe Kleine-König wrote:
> > Other than that I think the patch is fine
> 
> Thinking again, I wonder why not just do:
> 
> static inline struct clk *clk_get_optional(struct device *dev, const char *id) {
> 	struct clk *c = clk_get(dev, id);
> 
> 	if (c == ERR_PTR(-ENOENT))
> 		return NULL;
> 	else
> 		return c;
> }

Unfortunately, underneath this __of_clk_get_by_name() returns -EINVAL
when looking for a named clock, and the "clock-names" OF property can't
be found or the name is not in that prop. This is because the index
returned by of_property_match_string() will be an error code and is then
currently always passed to __of_clk_get().

If, as you said, I split the patches into one that fixes the error code, and then
adds clk_get_optional() like above, it will make more sense.

btw, do we need to add of_clk_get_by_name_optional()? I only added it as a
counterpart to of_clk_get_by_name(), but it may not be needed.

Thanks
Phil