Hi, > +/** > + * fwnode_get_child_node_count_named - number of child nodes with given name > + * @fwnode: Node which child nodes are counted. > + * @name: String to match child node name against. > + * > + * Scan child nodes and count all the nodes with a specific name. Return the > + * number of found nodes. Potential '@number' -ending for scanned names is > + * ignored. Eg, > + * device_get_child_node_count(dev, "channel"); > + * would match all the nodes: > + * channel { }, channel@0 {}, channel@0xabba {}... > + * > + * Return: the number of child nodes with a matching name for a given device. > + */ > +unsigned int fwnode_get_child_node_count_named(const struct fwnode_handle *fwnode, > + const char *name) > +{ > + struct fwnode_handle *child; > + unsigned int count = 0; > + > + fwnode_for_each_child_node(fwnode, child) > + if (fwnode_name_eq(child, name)) > + count++; > + > + return count; > +} > +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(fwnode_get_child_node_count_named); > + > +/** > + * device_get_child_node_count_named - number of child nodes with given name > + * @dev: Device to count the child nodes for. > + * @name: String to match child node name against. > + * > + * Scan device's child nodes and find all the nodes with a specific name and > + * return the number of found nodes. Potential '@number' -ending for scanned > + * names is ignored. Eg, > + * device_get_child_node_count(dev, "channel"); > + * would match all the nodes: > + * channel { }, channel@0 {}, channel@0xabba {}... > + * > + * Return: the number of child nodes with a matching name for a given device. > + */ > +unsigned int device_get_child_node_count_named(const struct device *dev, > + const char *name) > +{ > + const struct fwnode_handle *fwnode = dev_fwnode(dev); > + > + if (!fwnode) > + return -EINVAL; > + > + if (IS_ERR(fwnode)) > + return PTR_ERR(fwnode); > + > + return fwnode_get_child_node_count_named(fwnode, name); > +} > +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(device_get_child_node_count_named); Sorry if I missed something in the v4 thread, but why not do all the checks in fwnode_get_child_node_count_named(), and make this an inline function? static inline unsigned int device_get_child_node_count_named(const struct device *dev, const char *name) { return fwnode_get_child_node_count_named(dev_fwnode(fwnode), name); } thanks, -- heikki