Hello Phil,
On Mon, Nov 19, 2018 at 10:41:42AM +0000, Phil Edworthy wrote:
> On 16 November 2018 16:11 Uwe Kleine-König wrote:
> > On Fri, Nov 16, 2018 at 05:01:28PM +0100, Uwe Kleine-König wrote:
> > > Other than that I think the patch is fine
> >
> > Thinking again, I wonder why not just do:
> >
> > static inline struct clk *clk_get_optional(struct device *dev, const char *id) {
> > struct clk *c = clk_get(dev, id);
> >
> > if (c == ERR_PTR(-ENOENT))
> > return NULL;
> > else
> > return c;
> > }
>
> Unfortunately, underneath this __of_clk_get_by_name() returns -EINVAL
> when looking for a named clock, and the "clock-names" OF property can't
> be found or the name is not in that prop. This is because the index
> returned by of_property_match_string() will be an error code and is then
> currently always passed to __of_clk_get().
>
> If, as you said, I split the patches into one that fixes the error code, and then
> adds clk_get_optional() like above, it will make more sense.
Sounds like a good plan.
> btw, do we need to add of_clk_get_by_name_optional()? I only added it as a
> counterpart to of_clk_get_by_name(), but it may not be needed.
I don't need it. Given that it is easy to add when someone has a need,
I'd say, skip it for now.
Best regards
Uwe
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