Re: [PATCH net-next] net: wan: framer: Simplify API framer_provider_simple_of_xlate() implementation

From: Zijun Hu
Date: Fri Dec 13 2024 - 05:57:44 EST


On 2024/12/13 00:41, Simon Horman wrote:
>> struct framer *framer_provider_simple_of_xlate(struct device *dev,
>> const struct of_phandle_args *args)
>> {
>> - struct class_dev_iter iter;
>> - struct framer *framer;
>> -
>> - class_dev_iter_init(&iter, &framer_class, NULL, NULL);
>> - while ((dev = class_dev_iter_next(&iter))) {
>> - framer = dev_to_framer(dev);
>> - if (args->np != framer->dev.of_node)
>> - continue;
>> + struct device *target_dev;
>>
>> - class_dev_iter_exit(&iter);
>> - return framer;
>> + target_dev = class_find_device_by_of_node(&framer_class, args->np);
>> + if (target_dev) {
>> + put_device(target_dev);
>> + return dev_to_framer(target_dev);
>> }
>>
>> - class_dev_iter_exit(&iter);
>> return ERR_PTR(-ENODEV);
> Hi Zijun Hu,
>
> FWIIW, I think it would be more idiomatic to have the non-error path in the
> main flow of execution, something like this (completely untested!):
>
> target_dev = class_find_device_by_of_node(&framer_class, args->np);
> if (!target_dev)
> return ERR_PTR(-ENODEV);
>
> put_device(target_dev);
> return dev_to_framer(target_dev);
>
thank you Simon for code review.
good suggestion. let me take it in v2.

> Also, is it safe to put_device(target_dev) before
> passing target_dev to dev_to_framer() ?

Successful class_find_device_by_of_node() invocation will increase the
refcount of @target_dev, so i put_device() here to keep the same logic
as original.

thank you.