Re: [PATCH 1/4] Add helpers for finding a device node which as a certain property

[Michael Ellerman <michael@ellerman.id.au>]

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On Wed, 2008-11-12 at 22:46 -0800, David Miller wrote:
> From: Michael Ellerman <michael@ellerman.id.au>
> Date: Thu, 13 Nov 2008 15:20:35 +1100 (EST)
> 
> > +	np = from ? from->allnext : allnodes;
> > +	for (; np; np = np->allnext) {
> > +		for (pp = np->properties; pp != 0; pp = pp->next) {
> > +			if (of_prop_cmp(pp->name, prop_name) == 0) {
> > +				goto out;
> > +			}
> > +		}
> > +	}
> 
> We're starting to duplicate a lot of code in this file.

Agreed.

> Perhaps split out the locked section of of_find_proeprty() into
> a __of_find_property() and use that here and in of_find_property()
> as well?

Yeah I thought about it, but decided it wasn't worth it. But I'll try it
and see how the sizes end up.

cheers

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