[PATCH v2 04/12] software_node: Enforce parent before child ordering of nodes arrays

[Daniel Scally <djrscally@xxxxxxxxx>]

Registering software_nodes with the .parent member set to point to a
currently unregistered software_node has the potential for problems,
so enforce parent -> child ordering in arrays passed in to
software_node_register_nodes().

Software nodes that are children of another software node should be
unregistered before their parent. To allow easy unregistering of an array
of software_nodes ordered parent to child, reverse the order in which
software_node_unregister_nodes() unregisters software_nodes.

Suggested-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Daniel Scally <djrscally@xxxxxxxxx>
---
Changes in v2:

	- Squashed the patches that originally touched these separately
	- Updated documentation

 drivers/base/swnode.c | 43 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------
 1 file changed, 30 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/base/swnode.c b/drivers/base/swnode.c
index 615a0c93e116..cfd1faea48a7 100644
--- a/drivers/base/swnode.c
+++ b/drivers/base/swnode.c
@@ -692,7 +692,10 @@ swnode_register(const struct software_node *node, struct swnode *parent,
  * software_node_register_nodes - Register an array of software nodes
  * @nodes: Zero terminated array of software nodes to be registered
  *
- * Register multiple software nodes at once.
+ * Register multiple software nodes at once. If any node in the array
+ * has it's .parent pointer set, then it's parent **must** have been
+ * registered before it is; either outside of this function or by
+ * ordering the array such that parent comes before child.
  */
 int software_node_register_nodes(const struct software_node *nodes)
 {
@@ -700,33 +703,47 @@ int software_node_register_nodes(const struct software_node *nodes)
 	int i;
 
 	for (i = 0; nodes[i].name; i++) {
-		ret = software_node_register(&nodes[i]);
-		if (ret) {
-			software_node_unregister_nodes(nodes);
-			return ret;
+		const struct software_node *parent = nodes[i].parent;
+
+		if (parent && !software_node_to_swnode(parent)) {
+			ret = -EINVAL;
+			goto err_unregister_nodes;
 		}
+
+		ret = software_node_register(&nodes[i]);
+		if (ret)
+			goto err_unregister_nodes;
 	}
 
 	return 0;
+
+err_unregister_nodes:
+	software_node_unregister_nodes(nodes);
+	return ret;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(software_node_register_nodes);
 
 /**
  * software_node_unregister_nodes - Unregister an array of software nodes
- * @nodes: Zero terminated array of software nodes to be unregistered
+ * @nodes: Zero terminated array of software nodes to be unregistered.
  *
- * Unregister multiple software nodes at once.
+ * Unregister multiple software nodes at once. If parent pointers are set up
+ * in any of the software nodes then the array MUST be ordered such that
+ * parents come before their children.
  *
- * NOTE: Be careful using this call if the nodes had parent pointers set up in
- * them before registering.  If so, it is wiser to remove the nodes
- * individually, in the correct order (child before parent) instead of relying
- * on the sequential order of the list of nodes in the array.
+ * NOTE: If you are uncertain whether the array is ordered such that
+ * parents will be unregistered before their children, it is wiser to
+ * remove the nodes individually, in the correct order (child before
+ * parent).
  */
 void software_node_unregister_nodes(const struct software_node *nodes)
 {
-	int i;
+	unsigned int i = 0;
+
+	while (nodes[i].name)
+		i++;
 
-	for (i = 0; nodes[i].name; i++)
+	while (i--)
 		software_node_unregister(&nodes[i]);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(software_node_unregister_nodes);
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