Re: [PATCH v6 02/12] of: base: Add for_each_child_of_node_with_prefix_scoped()

[Andy Shevchenko]

On Wed, Sep 04, 2024 at 05:00:04PM +0800, Chen-Yu Tsai wrote:
> There are cases where drivers would go through child device nodes and
> operate on only the ones whose node name starts with a given prefix.
> 
> Provide a helper for these users. This will mainly be used in a
> subsequent patch that implements a hardware component prober for I2C
> busses.

...

> +#define for_each_child_of_node_with_prefix_scoped(parent, child, prefix) \
> +	for (struct device_node *child __free(device_node) =		\
> +	     of_get_next_child_with_prefix(parent, NULL, prefix);	\
> +	     child != NULL;						\
> +	     child = of_get_next_child_with_prefix(parent, child, prefix))

I'm wondering if we may drop _scoped from day 1. Yeah, probably a bit confusing
as the rest of APIs without that suffix do require reference count handling on
the loop abrupt.

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With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko