Re: [PATCH 2/2] device property: Add fwnode_property_get_reference_optional_args

[Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com>]

On Mon, Apr 07, 2025 at 06:37:14PM -0400, Sean Anderson wrote:
> Add a fwnode variant of of_parse_phandle_with_optional_args to allow
> nargs_prop to be absent from the referenced node. This improves
> compatibility for references where the devicetree might not always have
> nargs_prop.

...

> +/**
> + * fwnode_property_get_reference_optional_args() - Find a reference with optional arguments
> + * @fwnode:	Firmware node where to look for the reference
> + * @prop:	The name of the property
> + * @nargs_prop:	The name of the property telling the number of

Use space instead of TAB as it's already too long to make it aligned with the
rest.

> + *		arguments in the referred node.
> + * @index:	Index of the reference, from zero onwards.
> + * @args:	Result structure with reference and integer arguments.
> + *		May be NULL.
> + *
> + * Obtain a reference based on a named property in an fwnode, with
> + * integer arguments. If @nargs_prop is absent from the referenced node, then
> + * number of arguments is be assumed to be 0.
> + *
> + * The caller is responsible for calling fwnode_handle_put() on the returned
> + * @args->fwnode pointer.
> + *
> + * Return: %0 on success
> + *	    %-ENOENT when the index is out of bounds, the index has an empty
> + *		     reference or the property was not found
> + *	    %-EINVAL on parse error
> + */
> +int fwnode_property_get_reference_optional_args(const struct fwnode_handle *fwnode,
> +						const char *prop,
> +						const char *nargs_prop,
> +						unsigned int index,
> +						struct fwnode_reference_args *args)
> +{
> +	int ret;

> +	if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(fwnode))
> +		return -ENOENT;

This is incorrect most likely, see below.

> +	ret = fwnode_call_int_op(fwnode, get_reference_args, prop, nargs_prop,
> +				 0, index, args);
> +	if (ret == 0)
> +		return ret;
> +
> +	if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(fwnode->secondary))
> +		return ret;

Here no such error code shadowing, and TBH I do not like the shadowing without
real need.

> +	return fwnode_call_int_op(fwnode->secondary, get_reference_args, prop, nargs_prop,
> +				  0, index, args);
> +}

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With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko