Re: [PATCH] of: fix of_update_property [v2]

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On Tue, 1 Apr 2014 13:51:26 +0800, Xiubo Li <Li.Xiubo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> The of_update_property() is intented to update a property in a node
> and if the property does not exist, will add it.
> 
> The second search of the property is possibly won't be found, that
> maybe removed by other thread just before the second search begain.
> 
> Using the __of_find_property() and __of_add_property() instead and
> move them into lock operations.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Xiubo Li <Li.Xiubo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  drivers/of/base.c | 24 +++++++++++-------------
>  1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/of/base.c b/drivers/of/base.c
> index 418a4ff9..34acb37 100644
> --- a/drivers/of/base.c
> +++ b/drivers/of/base.c
> @@ -1767,7 +1767,7 @@ int of_update_property(struct device_node *np, struct property *newprop)
>  {
>  	struct property **next, *oldprop;
>  	unsigned long flags;
> -	int rc, found = 0;
> +	int rc;
>  
>  	rc = of_property_notify(OF_RECONFIG_UPDATE_PROPERTY, np, newprop);
>  	if (rc)
> @@ -1776,25 +1776,26 @@ int of_update_property(struct device_node *np, struct property *newprop)
>  	if (!newprop->name)
>  		return -EINVAL;
>  
> -	oldprop = of_find_property(np, newprop->name, NULL);
> -	if (!oldprop)
> -		return of_add_property(np, newprop);
> -
>  	raw_spin_lock_irqsave(&devtree_lock, flags);
> -	next = &np->properties;
> -	while (*next) {
> +	oldprop = __of_find_property(np, newprop->name, NULL);
> +	if (!oldprop) {
> +		/* add the node */
> +		rc = __of_add_property(np, newprop);
> +	} else {

if you changed this line to:
	} else while (*next) {
then most of the other changes go away. You don't need the separate
while loop and the function remains largely identical aside from moving
the __of_find_property() into the spinlock.

> +		next = &np->properties;
> +		while (*next && *next != oldprop)
> +			next = &(*next)->next;
> +
>  		if (*next == oldprop) {
>  			/* found the node */
>  			newprop->next = oldprop->next;
>  			*next = newprop;
>  			oldprop->next = np->deadprops;
>  			np->deadprops = oldprop;
> -			found = 1;
> -			break;
>  		}
> -		next = &(*next)->next;
>  	}
>  	raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&devtree_lock, flags);
> +
>  	if (rc)
>  		return rc;
>  
> @@ -1803,9 +1804,6 @@ int of_update_property(struct device_node *np, struct property *newprop)
>  		sysfs_remove_bin_file(&np->kobj, &oldprop->attr);
>  	__of_add_property_sysfs(np, newprop);
>  
> -	if (!found)
> -		return -ENODEV;
> -
>  	return 0;
>  }
>  
> -- 
> 1.8.4
> 
> 

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