Re: [PATCH] devicetree: add helper inline for retrieving a node'sfull name

From: Benjamin Herrenschmidt
Date: Sat Jun 16 2012 - 01:00:08 EST


On Fri, 2012-06-15 at 22:00 -0600, Grant Likely wrote:
> On Sat, 16 Jun 2012 08:57:50 +1000, Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > On Fri, 2012-06-15 at 11:50 -0600, Grant Likely wrote:
> > > The pattern (np ? np->full_name : "<none>") is rather common in the
> > > kernel, but can also make for quite long lines. This patch adds a new
> > > inline function, of_node_full_name() so that the test for a valid node
> > > pointer doesn't need to be open coded at all call sites.
> >
> > s/of_node_full_name/of_node_path ?
>
> It would be nicer to have the shorter name, but the data member is
> already named full_name, so I'd rather use the same for the function
> name (unless you argue strongly against, it's not something I'm going
> to fight about).

Nah, it's just that full_name was never a very good choice to begin
with ... Do as you wish. Renaming the data member might be a bit
annoying I can immagine :-)

Cheers,
Ben.


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