Re: [PATCHv6 5/5] hwspinlock/omap: add support for dt nodes

[Ohad Ben-Cohen]

Hi Suman,

On Fri, Sep 12, 2014 at 11:24 PM, Suman Anna <s-anna@xxxxxx> wrote:
>  static int omap_hwspinlock_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
>  {
> -       struct hwspinlock_pdata *pdata = pdev->dev.platform_data;
> +       struct device_node *node = pdev->dev.of_node;
>         struct hwspinlock_device *bank;
>         struct hwspinlock *hwlock;
>         struct resource *res;
>         void __iomem *io_base;
> -       int num_locks, i, ret;
> +       int num_locks, i, ret, base_id;
>
> -       if (!pdata)
> +       if (!node)
>                 return -ENODEV;
>
> +       ret = of_hwspin_lock_get_base_id(node);
> +       if (ret < 0 && ret != -EINVAL)
> +               return -ENODEV;
> +       base_id = (ret > 0 ? ret : 0);

Does this mean you allow nodes not to have the base_id property? How
do we protect against multiple nodes not having a base_id property
then?

Implicitly assuming a base_id value (zero in this case) may not be always safe.

Thanks,
Ohad.
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