Re: [PATCH v3 14/24] of: property: add of_graph_get_next_endpoint()

[Luca Ceresoli <luca.ceresoli@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hello Kuninori Morimoto,

On Wed, 31 Jan 2024 05:06:36 +0000
Kuninori Morimoto <kuninori.morimoto.gx@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> To handle endpoint more intuitive, create of_graph_get_next_endpoint()
> 
> 	of_graph_get_next_endpoint(port1, NULL); // A1
> 	of_graph_get_next_endpoint(port1, A1);   // A2
> 	of_graph_get_next_endpoint(port1, A2);   // NULL

The idea looks good. My only concern is about reusing the
of_graph_get_next_endpoint() name after having removed the old, different
function having the same name. This can be confusing in the first
place to who is used to the old function, and also to anybody rebasing
their patches on top of a new kernel to find their code behaving
differently.

Also, as now we'd have two similar variants of this function, it would
be good if each of them were having a name that clearly identifies in
which way they differ from the other.

So a better name for this function would probably be
of_graph_get_next_port_endpoint() I guess, to clearly differentiate from
of_graph_get_next_device_endpoint().

Luca

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