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From: Frank Rowand <frowand.list@gmail.com>
To: Matti Vaittinen <matti.vaittinen@fi.rohmeurope.com>,
	mazziesaccount@gmail.com
Cc: Rob Herring <robh+dt@kernel.org>,
	devicetree@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] of: property: Fix documentation for out values
Date: Wed, 13 Nov 2019 16:24:34 -0600	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <ab2a2217-fb9f-f41b-689a-8478b8895ec6@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20191113064338.GA13274@localhost.localdomain>

On 11/13/19 12:43 AM, Matti Vaittinen wrote:
> Property fetching functions which return number of successfully fetched
> properties should not state that out-values are only modified if 0 is
> returned. Fix this. Also, "pointer to return value" is slightly suboptimal
> phrase as "return value" commonly refers to value function returns (not via
> arguments). Rather use "pointer to found values".
> 
> Signed-off-by: Matti Vaittinen <matti.vaittinen@fi.rohmeurope.com>
> ---
> 
> Changes from v1. Removed statement about modifying arg ptr only upon
> successful execution (as requested by Frank). Also changed "pointer to
> return value" with "pointer to found values"
> 
>  drivers/of/property.c | 8 ++++----
>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/of/property.c b/drivers/of/property.c
> index d7fa75e31f22..c1dd22ed03f3 100644
> --- a/drivers/of/property.c
> +++ b/drivers/of/property.c
> @@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(of_property_read_u64_index);
>   *
>   * @np:		device node from which the property value is to be read.
>   * @propname:	name of the property to be searched.
> - * @out_values:	pointer to return value, modified only if return value is 0.
> + * @out_values:	pointer to found values.
>   * @sz_min:	minimum number of array elements to read
>   * @sz_max:	maximum number of array elements to read, if zero there is no
>   *		upper limit on the number of elements in the dts entry but only
> @@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(of_property_read_variable_u8_array);
>   *
>   * @np:		device node from which the property value is to be read.
>   * @propname:	name of the property to be searched.
> - * @out_values:	pointer to return value, modified only if return value is 0.
> + * @out_values:	pointer to found values.
>   * @sz_min:	minimum number of array elements to read
>   * @sz_max:	maximum number of array elements to read, if zero there is no
>   *		upper limit on the number of elements in the dts entry but only
> @@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(of_property_read_variable_u16_array);
>   *
>   * @np:		device node from which the property value is to be read.
>   * @propname:	name of the property to be searched.
> - * @out_values:	pointer to return value, modified only if return value is 0.
> + * @out_values:	pointer to return found values.
>   * @sz_min:	minimum number of array elements to read
>   * @sz_max:	maximum number of array elements to read, if zero there is no
>   *		upper limit on the number of elements in the dts entry but only
> @@ -334,7 +334,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(of_property_read_u64);
>   *
>   * @np:		device node from which the property value is to be read.
>   * @propname:	name of the property to be searched.
> - * @out_values:	pointer to return value, modified only if return value is 0.
> + * @out_values:	pointer to found values.
>   * @sz_min:	minimum number of array elements to read
>   * @sz_max:	maximum number of array elements to read, if zero there is no
>   *		upper limit on the number of elements in the dts entry but only
> 
> base-commit: 31f4f5b495a62c9a8b15b1c3581acd5efeb9af8c
> 

Reviewed-by: Frank Rowand <frowand.list@gmail.com>

  reply	other threads:[~2019-11-13 22:24 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2019-11-13  6:43 Matti Vaittinen
2019-11-13 22:24 ` Frank Rowand [this message]
2019-11-14 22:31 ` Rob Herring

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