Re: [PATCH 1/1] devicetree: Document of_property_read_string_array() better

[Frank Rowand <frowand.list-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>]

On 02/27/17 23:30, Sakari Ailus wrote:
> of_property_read_string_array() is documented to return the number of
> strings present in a string array property if its target string buffer is
> NULL. What is not documented, however, is that is returned if the buffer
> is non-NULL. It returns the number of strings read. Document this, as well
> as the error codes.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Sakari Ailus <sakari.ailus-VuQAYsv1563Yd54FQh9/CA@public.gmane.org>
> ---
>  include/linux/of.h | 6 +++++-
>  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/include/linux/of.h b/include/linux/of.h
> index d72f010..5856765 100644
> --- a/include/linux/of.h
> +++ b/include/linux/of.h
> @@ -952,7 +952,11 @@ static inline int of_property_count_u64_elems(const struct device_node *np,
>   * Search for a property in a device tree node and retrieve a list of
>   * terminated string values (pointer to data, not a copy) in that property.
>   *
> - * If @out_strs is NULL, the number of strings in the property is returned.
> + * If @out_strs is NULL, the number of strings in the property is returned. If
> + * $out_strs is non-NULL, returns the number of strings read. On error, the
> + * function returns -EINVAL if the property does not exist, -ENODATA if
> + * property does not have a value, and -EILSEQ if the string is not
> + * null-terminated within the length of the property data.
>   */
>  static inline int of_property_read_string_array(const struct device_node *np,
>  						const char *propname, const char **out_strs,
> 

Thanks.

Reviewed-by: Frank Rowand <frank.rowand-7U/KSKJipcs@public.gmane.org>

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