linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] pinctrl: Use of_property_present() for testing DT property presence

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Message-ID: <CACRpkdaw7TodD0hr3vD8cGB80k0qtEiaC1ne-ivCj6YEefi44w@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Sun, 19 Mar 2023 21:55:29 +0100
From:   Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>
To:     Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
Cc:     Rob Herring <robh@...nel.org>, Sean Wang <sean.wang@...nel.org>,
        Tony Lindgren <tony@...mide.com>,
        Haojian Zhuang <haojian.zhuang@...aro.org>,
        Maxime Coquelin <mcoquelin.stm32@...il.com>,
        Alexandre Torgue <alexandre.torgue@...s.st.com>,
        Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@...der.be>,
        Chen-Yu Tsai <wens@...e.org>,
        Jernej Skrabec <jernej.skrabec@...il.com>,
        Samuel Holland <samuel@...lland.org>,
        Matthias Brugger <matthias.bgg@...il.com>,
        AngeloGioacchino Del Regno 
        <angelogioacchino.delregno@...labora.com>,
        devicetree@...r.kernel.org, linux-mediatek@...ts.infradead.org,
        linux-gpio@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-omap@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-stm32@...md-mailman.stormreply.com,
        linux-renesas-soc@...r.kernel.org, linux-sunxi@...ts.linux.dev
Subject: Re: [PATCH] pinctrl: Use of_property_present() for testing DT
 property presence

On Mon, Mar 13, 2023 at 12:00 PM Geert Uytterhoeven
<geert@...ux-m68k.org> wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 13, 2023 at 10:00 AM Geert Uytterhoeven
> <geert@...ux-m68k.org> wrote:
> > On Fri, Mar 10, 2023 at 3:56 PM Rob Herring <robh@...nel.org> wrote:
> > > It is preferred to use typed property access functions (i.e.
> > > of_property_read_<type> functions) rather than low-level
> > > of_get_property/of_find_property functions for reading properties. As
> > > part of this, convert of_get_property/of_find_property calls to the
> > > recently added of_property_present() helper when we just want to test
> > > for presence of a property and nothing more.
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: Rob Herring <robh@...nel.org>
> >
> > Thanks for your patch!
> >
> > > --- a/drivers/pinctrl/renesas/pinctrl.c
> > > +++ b/drivers/pinctrl/renesas/pinctrl.c
> > > @@ -125,8 +125,8 @@ static int sh_pfc_dt_subnode_to_map(struct pinctrl_dev *pctldev,
> > >          * inside a subnode nor across subnodes.
> > >          */
> > >         if (!pmx->func_prop_name) {
> > > -               if (of_find_property(np, "groups", NULL) ||
> > > -                   of_find_property(np, "pins", NULL)) {
> > > +               if (of_property_present(np, "groups")||
> > > +                   of_property_present(np, "pins")) {
> > >                         pmx->func_prop_name = "function";
> > >                         pmx->groups_prop_name = "groups";
> > >                         pmx->pins_prop_name = "pins";
> >
> > Reviewed-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@...der.be>
> >
> > This check is used to auto-detect if the standard property names
> > should be used, or the "renesas,"-prefixed ones.
> > As the last users of the latter were removed from DTS in v4.10,
> > perhaps I should just remove these checks instead?
>
> Sent a patch just doing that, so you can drop this chunk.
> https://lore.kernel.org/linux-renesas-soc/ff9c14781110bbf19b56b45dd1f01e6da90319ad.1678704441.git.geert+renesas@glider.be

So I need a new version of this patch before I can apply it
I guess, or there will be conflict with Reseas stuff?

Yours,
Linus Walleij