Re: [PATCH 4/5] of: dynamic: Move dead property list check into property add/update functions

From: Andy Shevchenko
Date: Wed Aug 02 2023 - 11:12:18 EST


On Tue, Aug 01, 2023 at 03:54:47PM -0600, Rob Herring wrote:
> The changeset code checks for a property in the deadprops list when
> adding/updating a property, but of_add_property() and
> of_update_property() do not. As the users of these functions are pretty
> simple, they have not hit this scenario or else the property lists
> would get corrupted.

...

Seems like this...

> + /* If the property is in deadprops then it must be removed */
> + for (next = &np->deadprops; *next; next = &(*next)->next) {
> + if (*next == prop) {
> + *next = prop->next;
> + break;
> + }
> + }

> prop->next = NULL;

...

> + for (next = &np->deadprops; *next; next = &(*next)->next) {
> + if (*next == newprop) {
> + *next = newprop->next;
> + newprop->next = NULL;
> + break;
> + }
> + }

...is a dup of this. Are you planing to have a helper or at least conditional
for_each_*() macro for them?

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With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko