Re: [PATCH] pinctrl: Use of_property_present() for testing DT property presence

[Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Linus,

On Sun, Mar 19, 2023 at 9:55 PM Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 13, 2023 at 12:00 PM Geert Uytterhoeven
> <geert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > On Mon, Mar 13, 2023 at 10:00 AM Geert Uytterhoeven
> > <geert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > On Fri, Mar 10, 2023 at 3:56 PM Rob Herring <robh@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > > It is preferred to use typed property access functions (i.e.
> > > > of_property_read_<type> functions) rather than low-level
> > > > of_get_property/of_find_property functions for reading properties. As
> > > > part of this, convert of_get_property/of_find_property calls to the
> > > > recently added of_property_present() helper when we just want to test
> > > > for presence of a property and nothing more.
> > > >
> > > > Signed-off-by: Rob Herring <robh@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > >
> > > Thanks for your patch!
> > >
> > > > --- a/drivers/pinctrl/renesas/pinctrl.c
> > > > +++ b/drivers/pinctrl/renesas/pinctrl.c
> > > > @@ -125,8 +125,8 @@ static int sh_pfc_dt_subnode_to_map(struct pinctrl_dev *pctldev,
> > > >          * inside a subnode nor across subnodes.
> > > >          */
> > > >         if (!pmx->func_prop_name) {
> > > > -               if (of_find_property(np, "groups", NULL) ||
> > > > -                   of_find_property(np, "pins", NULL)) {
> > > > +               if (of_property_present(np, "groups")||
> > > > +                   of_property_present(np, "pins")) {
> > > >                         pmx->func_prop_name = "function";
> > > >                         pmx->groups_prop_name = "groups";
> > > >                         pmx->pins_prop_name = "pins";
> > >
> > > Reviewed-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@xxxxxxxxx>
> > >
> > > This check is used to auto-detect if the standard property names
> > > should be used, or the "renesas,"-prefixed ones.
> > > As the last users of the latter were removed from DTS in v4.10,
> > > perhaps I should just remove these checks instead?
> >
> > Sent a patch just doing that, so you can drop this chunk.
> > https://lore.kernel.org/linux-renesas-soc/ff9c14781110bbf19b56b45dd1f01e6da90319ad.1678704441.git.geert+renesas@xxxxxxxxx
>
> So I need a new version of this patch before I can apply it
> I guess, or there will be conflict with Reseas stuff?

It would be a minor conflict, though, and you would have to resolve
that yourself, when merging my renesas-pinctrl PR.  So when you
will send a PR to The Other Linus, there won't be a conflict anymore,
and no angriness ;-)

Thanks!

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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