On Thu, Jun 27, 2019 at 2:15 AM Greg KH <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Wed, Jun 26, 2019 at 04:36:10PM +0100, Charles Keepax wrote: > > It is fairly common to want to read an integer array property > > that is composed of an unknown number of fixed size integer > > groups. For example, say each group consists of three values > > which correspond to the settings for one input on the device > > and the driver supports several chips with different numbers > > of inputs. > > > > Add a new helper function to provide this functionality, it > > differs for the existing helpers in that it allows reading a > > smaller number of values than the full array size and checks > > that the number of values read is a multiple of the group size. > > > > Signed-off-by: Charles Keepax <ckeepax@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > --- > > drivers/base/property.c | 48 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > > include/linux/property.h | 2 ++ > > 2 files changed, 50 insertions(+) > > Acked-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Well, I'm kind of not convinced about this one. More comments in direct reply to the patch message.
