Subject: Re: [PATCH next] gpiolib: check for parent device in devprop_gpiochip_set_names()

From: Andy Shevchenko <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 16 Sep 2020 17:29:30 +0300

On Wed, Sep 16, 2020 at 03:43:27PM +0200, Bartosz Golaszewski wrote:
> From: Bartosz Golaszewski <[email-masked]>
> 
> It's possible for a GPIO chip to not have a parent device (whose
> properties we inspect for 'gpio-line-names'). In this case we should
> simply return from devprop_gpiochip_set_names(). Add an appropriate
> check for this use-case.

Ah, nice!
Can we also add a small comment in the code, b/c w/o it I would stumble over
and eager to remove looks-as-unneeded check?
Reviewed-by: Andy Shevchenko <[email-masked]>

> Fixes: 7cba1a4d5e16 ("gpiolib: generalize devprop_gpiochip_set_names() for device properties")
> Reported-by: Anders Roxell <[email-masked]>
> Signed-off-by: Bartosz Golaszewski <[email-masked]>
> ---
>  drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c | 3 +++
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c b/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c
> index b7b608ef9..ac2c77edc 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c
> @@ -375,6 +375,9 @@ static int devprop_gpiochip_set_names(struct gpio_chip *chip)
>  	int ret, i;
>  	int count;
>  
> +	if (!dev)
> +		return 0;
> +
>  	count = device_property_string_array_count(dev, "gpio-line-names");
>  	if (count < 0)
>  		return 0;
> -- 
> 2.26.1
> 

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With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko