On Tue, Sep 10, 2024 at 04:24:22PM +0200, Miquel Sabaté Solà wrote: > The description of the function now explicitly states that it's > an *exact* match for the given string (i.e. not a submatch). It also > better states all the possible return values. > > Moreover, this commit also makes sure that -ENODATA is returned if > prop->length is zero, just like it's done in other functions such as > 'of_property_read_string'. 'also' in a commit message is a sign this should be 2 commits. However, more below. > > Signed-off-by: Miquel Sabaté Solà <mikisabate@xxxxxxxxx> > --- > drivers/of/property.c | 15 ++++++++++----- > 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/drivers/of/property.c b/drivers/of/property.c > index 164d77cb9445..1ff51d93178f 100644 > --- a/drivers/of/property.c > +++ b/drivers/of/property.c > @@ -452,12 +452,17 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(of_property_read_string); > > /** > * of_property_match_string() - Find string in a list and return index > - * @np: pointer to node containing string list property > + * @np: pointer to the node containing the string list property > * @propname: string list property name > - * @string: pointer to string to search for in string list > + * @string: pointer to the string to search for in the string list > * > - * This function searches a string list property and returns the index > - * of a specific string value. > + * Search for an exact match of string in a device node property which is a > + * list of strings. > + * > + * Return: the index of the first occurrence of the string on success, -EINVAL > + * if the property does not exist, -ENODATA if the property does not have a > + * value, and -EILSEQ if the string is not null-terminated within the length of > + * the property data. > */ > int of_property_match_string(const struct device_node *np, const char *propname, > const char *string) > @@ -469,7 +474,7 @@ int of_property_match_string(const struct device_node *np, const char *propname, > > if (!prop) > return -EINVAL; > - if (!prop->value) > + if (!prop->value || !prop->length) This is redundant. If length is 0, then 'end' will be equal to p and we'll return -ENODATA. > return -ENODATA; > > p = prop->value; > -- > 2.46.0 >