Re: [PATCH 3/4] of/property: Introduce of_fwnode_name()

From: Heikki Krogerus
Date: Tue Nov 06 2018 - 07:27:41 EST


On Tue, Nov 06, 2018 at 12:58:03PM +0200, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 05, 2018 at 12:50:02PM -0600, Rob Herring wrote:
> > On Mon, Nov 5, 2018 at 3:17 AM Heikki Krogerus
> > <heikki.krogerus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > > +static const char *of_fwnode_name(const struct fwnode_handle *fwnode)
> > > +{
> > > + return to_of_node(fwnode)->name;
> >
> > I'm trying to get rid of the DT name ptr, so please don't add one. You
> > can use of_node_full_name() here instead if "<name>@<unit-address>"
> > instead of <name> is fine. Otherwise, you've got to allocate your own
> > storage and use "%pOFn" printf specifier.
>
> If we do this here, we will change a behaviour of the entire set of
> of_fwnode_get_named_child_node() users.
>
> I think this is out of scope of the series.

You have a point. We must use the same member that was used in
of_fwnode_get_named_child_node().

The goal of this series if most likely not clear from this patch
alone, so I'll send a second version and make sure to CC the DT list
and Rob.

But in any case, I'll keep this part as it is.


thanks,

--
heikki