Re: [PATCH v2] OF: base: match each node compatible against all given matches first

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On Tue, Dec 3, 2013 at 7:52 AM, Sebastian Hesselbarth
<sebastian.hesselbarth@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Currently, of_match_node compares each given match against all node's
> compatible strings with of_device_is_compatible.
>
> To achieve multiple compatible strings per node with ordering from
> specific to generic, this requires given matches to be ordered from
> specific to generic. For most of the drivers this is not true and also
> an alphabetical ordering is more sane there.
>
> Therefore, this patch modifies of_match_node to match each of the node's
> compatible strings against all given matches first, before checking the
> next compatible string. This implies that node's compatibles are ordered
> from specific to generic while given matches can be in any order.
>
> Signed-off-by: Sebastian Hesselbarth <sebastian.hesselbarth@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> Changelog:
> v1->v2:
> - Allow checks against nodes with no compatible (Reported by Rob Herring)
> - Add some comments
>
> Cc: Grant Likely <grant.likely@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Rob Herring <rob.herring@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Russell King <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Thierry Reding <thierry.reding@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Meelis Roos <mroos@xxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Marc Kleine-Budde <mkl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Scott Wood <scottwood@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: devicetree@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Cc: linux-arm-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Cc: linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> ---
>  drivers/of/base.c |   53 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----------------
>  1 files changed, 37 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)

Applied.

Rob
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