linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] of: base: remove unnecessary for loop

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Date:   Wed, 14 Jul 2021 16:30:59 -0600
From:   Rob Herring <robh@...nel.org>
To:     권오훈 <ohoono.kwon@...sung.com>
Cc:     "ohkwon1043@...il.com" <ohkwon1043@...il.com>,
        "lee.jones@...aro.org" <lee.jones@...aro.org>,
        "robh+dt@...nel.org" <robh+dt@...nel.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "devicetree@...r.kernel.org" <devicetree@...r.kernel.org>,
        "frowand.list@...il.com" <frowand.list@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] of: base: remove unnecessary for loop

On Thu, 01 Jul 2021 23:03:28 +0900, 권오훈 wrote:
> In __of_get_next_child function, loop iteration for getting next node is
> unnecessary.
> 
> for loop is already checking if next is NULL or not, and
> of_node_get(next) always returns next itself.
> 
> Therefore checking return value in the if clause always evaluates to
> true, and thus it always breaks out from for loop in the first iteration.
> 
> Remove the unnecessary for loop for readability.
> 
> I tested the code as below, and it showed that BUG was never called.
> 
> -       for (; next; next = next->sibling)
> +       for (; next; next = next->sibling) {
>                 if (of_node_get(next))
>                         break;
> +               BUG();
> +       }
> 
> Signed-off-by: Ohhoon Kwon <ohoono.kwon@...sung.com>
> ---
>  drivers/of/base.c | 4 +---
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 

Applied, thanks!