Re: [PATCH v4 2/9] serdev: Add an API to find the serdev controller associated with the devicetree node

From: Hans de Goede

Date: Wed Jan 14 2026 - 09:01:58 EST


Hi Mani,

Thank you for your work in this.

On 12-Jan-26 17:26, Manivannan Sadhasivam via B4 Relay wrote:
> From: Manivannan Sadhasivam <manivannan.sadhasivam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Add of_find_serdev_controller_by_node() API to find the serdev controller
> device associated with the devicetree node.
>
> Signed-off-by: Manivannan Sadhasivam <manivannan.sadhasivam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/tty/serdev/core.c | 16 ++++++++++++++++
> include/linux/serdev.h | 9 +++++++++
> 2 files changed, 25 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/tty/serdev/core.c b/drivers/tty/serdev/core.c
> index b33e708cb245..25382c2d63e6 100644
> --- a/drivers/tty/serdev/core.c
> +++ b/drivers/tty/serdev/core.c
> @@ -504,6 +504,22 @@ struct serdev_controller *serdev_controller_alloc(struct device *host,
> }
> EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(serdev_controller_alloc);
>
> +/**
> + * of_find_serdev_controller_by_node() - Find the serdev controller associated
> + * with the devicetree node
> + * @node: Devicetree node
> + *
> + * Return: Pointer to the serdev controller associated with the node. NULL if
> + * the controller is not found.
> + */
> +struct serdev_controller *of_find_serdev_controller_by_node(struct device_node *node)
> +{
> + struct device *dev = bus_find_device_by_of_node(&serdev_bus_type, node);
> +
> + return (dev && dev->type == &serdev_ctrl_type) ? to_serdev_controller(dev) : NULL;
> +}
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(of_find_serdev_controller_by_node);
> +

This new of_find_serdev_controller_by_node() function needs:

#ifdef CONFIG_OF ... #endif

around it, to match the stubbing you are doing in serdev.h

> static int of_serdev_register_devices(struct serdev_controller *ctrl)
> {
> struct device_node *node;
> diff --git a/include/linux/serdev.h b/include/linux/serdev.h
> index ecde0ad3e248..db9bfaba0662 100644
> --- a/include/linux/serdev.h
> +++ b/include/linux/serdev.h
> @@ -333,4 +333,13 @@ static inline bool serdev_acpi_get_uart_resource(struct acpi_resource *ares,
> }
> #endif /* CONFIG_ACPI */
>
> +#ifdef CONFIG_OF
> +struct serdev_controller *of_find_serdev_controller_by_node(struct device_node *node);
> +#else
> +struct serdev_controller *of_find_serdev_controller_by_node(struct device_node *node)
> +{
> + return NULL;
> +}

stubs like this one should be static inline to avoid warnings like this one:

In file included from drivers/tty/serdev/core.c:21:
./include/linux/serdev.h:339:27: warning: no previous prototype for ‘of_find_serdev_controller_by_node’ [-Wmissing-prototypes]
339 | struct serdev_controller *of_find_serdev_controller_by_node(struct device_node *node)
| ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Regards,

Hans