[PATCH v4 06/15] software_node: unregister software_nodes in reverse order

[Daniel Scally]

To maintain consistency with software_node_unregister_nodes(), reverse
the order in which the software_node_unregister_node_group() function
unregisters nodes.

Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@xxxxxxxxx>
Reported-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Sakari Ailus <sakari.ailus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Suggested-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Daniel Scally <djrscally@xxxxxxxxx>
---
Changes in v4:

	- Changed the language of the comment to be easier to follow

 drivers/base/swnode.c | 15 +++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/base/swnode.c b/drivers/base/swnode.c
index ade49173ff8d..1f43c51b431e 100644
--- a/drivers/base/swnode.c
+++ b/drivers/base/swnode.c
@@ -779,16 +779,23 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(software_node_register_node_group);
  * software_node_unregister_node_group - Unregister a group of software nodes
  * @node_group: NULL terminated array of software node pointers to be unregistered
  *
- * Unregister multiple software nodes at once.
+ * Unregister multiple software nodes at once. The array will be unwound in
+ * reverse order (i.e. last entry first) and thus if any members of the array are
+ * children of another member then the children must appear later in the list such
+ * that they are unregistered first.
  */
-void software_node_unregister_node_group(const struct software_node **node_group)
+void software_node_unregister_node_group(
+		const struct software_node **node_group)
 {
-	unsigned int i;
+	unsigned int i = 0;
 
 	if (!node_group)
 		return;
 
-	for (i = 0; node_group[i]; i++)
+	while (node_group[i])
+		i++;
+
+	while (i--)
 		software_node_unregister(node_group[i]);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(software_node_unregister_node_group);
-- 
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