linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] of: reserved_mem: Remove the use of phandle from the reserved

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Message-ID: <d024a0b0-46aa-4182-a8e8-8ff15f12c363@quicinc.com>
Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2024 07:32:36 -0700
From: Jeff Johnson <quic_jjohnson@...cinc.com>
To: Oreoluwa Babatunde <quic_obabatun@...cinc.com>, <robh@...nel.org>,
        <saravanak@...gle.com>
CC: <devicetree@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        <kernel@...cinc.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] of: reserved_mem: Remove the use of phandle from the
 reserved_mem APIs

On 4/22/2024 4:52 PM, Oreoluwa Babatunde wrote:
> The __find_rmem() function is the only place that references the phandle
> field of the reserved_mem struct. __find_rmem() is used to match a
> device_node object to its corresponding entry in the reserved_mem array
> using its phandle value. But, there is already a function called
> of_reserved_mem_lookup() which carries out the same action using the
> name of the node.
> 
> Using the of_reserved_mem_lookup() function is more reliable because
> every node is gauranteed to have a name, but not all nodes will have a

s/gauranteed /guaranteed /

(jumped out at me while scanning the kernel patches)