Re: [PATCH] drivers/of: Improve documentation on match string

From: Miquel Sabaté Solà
Date: Wed Sep 11 2024 - 16:46:43 EST


On dc., de set. 11 2024, Rob Herring wrote:

> On Tue, Sep 10, 2024 at 04:24:22PM +0200, Miquel Sabaté Solà wrote:
>> The description of the function now explicitly states that it's
>> an *exact* match for the given string (i.e. not a submatch). It also
>> better states all the possible return values.
>>
>> Moreover, this commit also makes sure that -ENODATA is returned if
>> prop->length is zero, just like it's done in other functions such as
>> 'of_property_read_string'.
>
> 'also' in a commit message is a sign this should be 2 commits. However,
> more below.
>
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Miquel Sabaté Solà <mikisabate@xxxxxxxxx>
>> ---
>> drivers/of/property.c | 15 ++++++++++-----
>> 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/of/property.c b/drivers/of/property.c
>> index 164d77cb9445..1ff51d93178f 100644
>> --- a/drivers/of/property.c
>> +++ b/drivers/of/property.c
>> @@ -452,12 +452,17 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(of_property_read_string);
>>
>> /**
>> * of_property_match_string() - Find string in a list and return index
>> - * @np: pointer to node containing string list property
>> + * @np: pointer to the node containing the string list property
>> * @propname: string list property name
>> - * @string: pointer to string to search for in string list
>> + * @string: pointer to the string to search for in the string list
>> *
>> - * This function searches a string list property and returns the index
>> - * of a specific string value.
>> + * Search for an exact match of string in a device node property which is a
>> + * list of strings.
>> + *
>> + * Return: the index of the first occurrence of the string on success, -EINVAL
>> + * if the property does not exist, -ENODATA if the property does not have a
>> + * value, and -EILSEQ if the string is not null-terminated within the length of
>> + * the property data.
>> */
>> int of_property_match_string(const struct device_node *np, const char *propname,
>> const char *string)
>> @@ -469,7 +474,7 @@ int of_property_match_string(const struct device_node *np, const char *propname,
>>
>> if (!prop)
>> return -EINVAL;
>> - if (!prop->value)
>> + if (!prop->value || !prop->length)
>
> This is redundant. If length is 0, then 'end' will be equal to p and
> we'll return -ENODATA.
>

Yikes, I missed it... You are totally right, sorry about that.

>> return -ENODATA;
>>
>> p = prop->value;
>> --
>> 2.46.0
>>

Thanks for the review. I will submit a new version of the patch just
with the documentation part.

Thanks!
Miquel

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