From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Tony Lindgren Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] of/base: Take NULL string into account for property with multiple strings Date: Wed, 14 Dec 2011 10:18:22 -0800 Message-ID: <20111214181822.GE32251@atomide.com> References: <1323095036-3739-1-git-send-email-b-cousson@ti.com> <1323095036-3739-2-git-send-email-b-cousson@ti.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1323095036-3739-2-git-send-email-b-cousson@ti.com> Sender: linux-omap-owner@vger.kernel.org To: Benoit Cousson Cc: grant.likely@secretlab.ca, rob.herring@calxeda.com, devicetree-discuss@lists.ozlabs.org, linux-omap@vger.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org List-Id: devicetree@vger.kernel.org * Benoit Cousson [111205 05:53]: > The current implementation just ignore any NULL string inserted in a > multiple strings property. > In some cases we can have a property with a fix number of strings but > not necessarily used, like for example in a list of valid pinmux modes. > > prop = "uart_rx", "uart_tx", "", "", "safe_mode"; > > Do no skip NULL string and take them into account in > of_property_read_string_index and of_property_count_strings. > > Reported-by: Tony Lindgren > Signed-off-by: Benoit Cousson > Cc: Grant Likely > Cc: Rob Herring This fix should be merged before people start doing workarounds in drivers for this: Tested-by: Tony Lindgren > --- > drivers/of/base.c | 8 +++----- > 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/drivers/of/base.c b/drivers/of/base.c > index 9b6588e..b707243 100644 > --- a/drivers/of/base.c > +++ b/drivers/of/base.c > @@ -752,7 +752,7 @@ int of_property_read_string_index(struct device_node *np, const char *propname, > > for (i = 0; total < prop->length; total += l, p += l) { > l = strlen(p) + 1; > - if ((*p != 0) && (i++ == index)) { > + if (i++ == index) { > *output = p; > return 0; > } > @@ -790,11 +790,9 @@ int of_property_count_strings(struct device_node *np, const char *propname) > > p = prop->value; > > - for (i = 0; total < prop->length; total += l, p += l) { > + for (i = 0; total < prop->length; total += l, p += l, i++) > l = strlen(p) + 1; > - if (*p != 0) > - i++; > - } > + > return i; > } > EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(of_property_count_strings); > -- > 1.7.0.4 >