Re: [PATCH v4 03/14] of: Make of_property_present() applicable to all kinds of property

From: Rob Herring
Date: Fri Jan 10 2025 - 12:45:13 EST


On Thu, Jan 09, 2025 at 09:26:54PM +0800, Zijun Hu wrote:
> From: Zijun Hu <quic_zijuhu@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> API of_property_present() invokes of_property_read_bool() to check if
> a property is present or not, and that has 2 shortcomings shown below:
>
> - That narrows down property scope applicable to of_property_present()
> from all kinds of property to only bool type.
>
> - That is less logical since it says a property's presence is decided by
> its bool property value.
>
> Fix by making of_property_read_bool() invoke of_property_present().

I already indicated I wasn't interested in taking this until we have
reason to split the behavior. I've sent out a series on that now[1].

Rob

[1] https://lore.kernel.org/all/20250109-dt-type-warnings-v1-0-0150e32e716c@xxxxxxxxxx/