Re: [PATCH v6 40/42] drivers/of: Return allocated memory chunk from of_fdt_unflatten_tree()

[Gavin Shan <gwshan@linux.vnet.ibm.com>]

On Mon, Aug 10, 2015 at 03:42:32PM -0700, Frank Rowand wrote:
>On 8/5/2015 9:11 PM, Gavin Shan wrote:

Frank, thanks for your comments. All of them will be included
in next revision.

Thanks,
Gavin

>> This changes of_fdt_unflatten_tree() so that it returns the allocated
>> memory chunk for unflattened device-tree, which can be released once
>> it's obsoleted.
>> 
>> Signed-off-by: Gavin Shan <gwshan@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
>> ---
>>  drivers/of/fdt.c       | 11 ++++++-----
>>  include/linux/of_fdt.h |  2 +-
>>  2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
>> 
>> diff --git a/drivers/of/fdt.c b/drivers/of/fdt.c
>> index 074870a..8e1ba7e 100644
>> --- a/drivers/of/fdt.c
>> +++ b/drivers/of/fdt.c
>> @@ -408,7 +408,7 @@ static void *unflatten_dt_node(const void *blob,
>>   * @dt_alloc: An allocator that provides a virtual address to memory
>>   * for the resulting tree
>>   */
>> -static void __unflatten_device_tree(const void *blob,
>> +static void *__unflatten_device_tree(const void *blob,
>>  			     struct device_node *dad,
>>  			     struct device_node **mynodes,
>>  			     void * (*dt_alloc)(u64 size, u64 align))
>
>Please add a description of the return value to the documentation header.
>
>
>> @@ -421,7 +421,7 @@ static void __unflatten_device_tree(const void *blob,
>>  
>>  	if (!blob) {
>>  		pr_debug("No device tree pointer\n");
>> -		return;
>> +		return NULL;
>>  	}
>>  
>>  	pr_debug("Unflattening device tree:\n");
>> @@ -431,7 +431,7 @@ static void __unflatten_device_tree(const void *blob,
>>  
>>  	if (fdt_check_header(blob)) {
>>  		pr_err("Invalid device tree blob header\n");
>> -		return;
>> +		return NULL;
>>  	}
>>  
>>  	/* First pass, scan for size */
>> @@ -458,6 +458,7 @@ static void __unflatten_device_tree(const void *blob,
>>  			   be32_to_cpup(mem + size));
>>  
>>  	pr_debug(" <- unflatten_device_tree()\n");
>> +	return mem;
>>  }
>>  
>>  static void *kernel_tree_alloc(u64 size, u64 align)
>> @@ -473,11 +474,11 @@ static void *kernel_tree_alloc(u64 size, u64 align)
>>   * pointers of the nodes so the normal device-tree walking functions
>>   * can be used.
>>   */
>> -void of_fdt_unflatten_tree(const unsigned long *blob,
>> +void *of_fdt_unflatten_tree(const unsigned long *blob,
>
>Please add a description of the return value to the documentation header.
>
>
>>  			struct device_node *dad,
>>  			struct device_node **mynodes)
>>  {
>> -	__unflatten_device_tree(blob, dad, mynodes, &kernel_tree_alloc);
>> +	return __unflatten_device_tree(blob, dad, mynodes, &kernel_tree_alloc);
>>  }
>>  EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(of_fdt_unflatten_tree);
>>  
>> diff --git a/include/linux/of_fdt.h b/include/linux/of_fdt.h
>> index 3644960..00db279 100644
>> --- a/include/linux/of_fdt.h
>> +++ b/include/linux/of_fdt.h
>> @@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ extern bool of_fdt_is_big_endian(const void *blob,
>>  				 unsigned long node);
>>  extern int of_fdt_match(const void *blob, unsigned long node,
>>  			const char *const *compat);
>> -extern void of_fdt_unflatten_tree(const unsigned long *blob,
>> +extern void *of_fdt_unflatten_tree(const unsigned long *blob,
>>  			       struct device_node *dad,
>>  			       struct device_node **mynodes);
>>  
>> 
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