[PATCH v4 06/15] software_node: unregister software_nodes in reverse order

Daniel Scally
2021-01-03T23:15:55Z

To maintain consistency with software_node_unregister_nodes(), reverse
the order in which the software_node_unregister_node_group() function
unregisters nodes.

Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@intel.com>
Reported-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@oracle.com>
Reviewed-by: Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@ideasonboard.com>
Reviewed-by: Sakari Ailus <sakari.ailus@linux.intel.com>
Suggested-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Daniel Scally <djrscally@gmail.com>
---
Changes in v4:

- Changed the language of the comment to be easier to follow

drivers/base/swnode.c | 15 +++++++++++----
1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/base/swnode.c b/drivers/base/swnode.c
index ade49173ff8d..1f43c51b431e 100644
--- a/drivers/base/swnode.c
+++ b/drivers/base/swnode.c
@@ -779,16 +779,23 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(software_node_register_node_group);
* software_node_unregister_node_group - Unregister a group of software nodes
* @node_group: NULL terminated array of software node pointers to be unregistered
*
- * Unregister multiple software nodes at once.
+ * Unregister multiple software nodes at once. The array will be unwound in
+ * reverse order (i.e. last entry first) and thus if any members of the array are
+ * children of another member then the children must appear later in the list such
+ * that they are unregistered first.
*/
-void software_node_unregister_node_group(const struct software_node **node_group)
+void software_node_unregister_node_group(
+ const struct software_node **node_group)
{
- unsigned int i;
+ unsigned int i = 0;

if (!node_group)
return;

- for (i = 0; node_group[i]; i++)
+ while (node_group[i])
+ i++;
+
+ while (i--)
software_node_unregister(node_group[i]);
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(software_node_unregister_node_group);
--
2.25.1