Re: [PATCH v10 2/8] property: Add functions to iterate named child
From: Sakari Ailus
Date: Thu Apr 10 2025 - 12:07:35 EST
On Mon, Mar 24, 2025 at 09:12:50AM +0200, Matti Vaittinen wrote:
> There are a few use-cases where child nodes with a specific name need to
> be parsed. Code like:
>
> fwnode_for_each_child_node()
> if (fwnode_name_eq())
> ...
>
> can be found from a various drivers/subsystems. Adding a macro for this
> can simplify things a bit.
>
> In a few cases the data from the found nodes is later added to an array,
> which is allocated based on the number of found nodes. One example of
> such use is the IIO subsystem's ADC channel nodes, where the relevant
> nodes are named as channel[@N].
>
> Add helpers for iterating and counting device's sub-nodes with certain
> name instead of open-coding this in every user.
>
> Suggested-by: Jonathan Cameron <jic23@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Matti Vaittinen <mazziesaccount@xxxxxxxxx>
> Reviewed-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Reviewed-by: Marcelo Schmitt <marcelo.schmitt1@xxxxxxxxx>
Kiitos!
Acked-by: Sakari Ailus <sakari.ailus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Sakari Ailus