Re: [PATCH] pwm-backlight: Avoid backlight flicker when probed from DT

[Philipp Zabel]

Hi Lee,

Am Freitag, den 30.10.2015, 18:21 +0000 schrieb Lee Jones:
> > @@ -264,12 +266,32 @@ static int pwm_backlight_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
> >  		pb->enable_gpio = gpio_to_desc(data->enable_gpio);
> >  	}
> >  
> > +	phandle = of_find_property(pdev->dev.of_node, "phandle", NULL) != NULL;
> 
> This is a little ugly.
> 
> If this is the only way to identify the probedness of a device then
> you probably want to neaten it up a little.  I suggest something along
> the lines of:
>
> if (of_find_property(pdev->dev.of_node, "phandle", NULL))
> 	already_probed = true;
> 
> Also, do you also want to check for "linux,phandle", as this is always
> catered for in drivers/of/*

Thanks for pointing this out. I suppose I should just check
pdev->dev.of_node->phandle != 0 instead. That will already be
initialized by unflatten_dt_node if either property was found.

regards
Philipp

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