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Date:   Mon, 30 Nov 2020 18:12:39 +0200
From:   Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@ideasonboard.com>
To:     Daniel Scally <djrscally@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 04/18] software_node: Enforce parent before child
 ordering of nodes array for software_node_register_nodes()
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On Mon, Nov 30, 2020 at 06:11:52PM +0200, Laurent Pinchart wrote:
> Hi Daniel,
> 
> Thank you for the patch.
> 
> On Mon, Nov 30, 2020 at 01:31:15PM +0000, Daniel Scally wrote:
> > Registering software_nodes with the .parent member set to point to a
> > currently unregistered software_node has the potential for problems,
> > so enforce parent -> child ordering in arrays passed to this function.
> > 
> > Suggested-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com>
> > Signed-off-by: Daniel Scally <djrscally@gmail.com>
> > ---
> > Changes since RFC v3:
> > 
> > 	Patch introduced
> > 
> >  drivers/base/swnode.c | 15 +++++++++++----
> >  1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/drivers/base/swnode.c b/drivers/base/swnode.c
> > index 615a0c93e116..af7930b3679e 100644
> > --- a/drivers/base/swnode.c
> > +++ b/drivers/base/swnode.c
> > @@ -700,14 +700,21 @@ int software_node_register_nodes(const struct software_node *nodes)
> >  	int i;
> >  
> >  	for (i = 0; nodes[i].name; i++) {
> > +		if (nodes[i].parent)
> > +			if (!software_node_to_swnode(nodes[i].parent)) {
> > +				ret = -EINVAL;
> > +				goto err_unregister_nodes;
> > +			}
> > +
> >  		ret = software_node_register(&nodes[i]);
> > -		if (ret) {
> > -			software_node_unregister_nodes(nodes);
> > -			return ret;
> > -		}
> > +		if (ret)
> > +			goto err_unregister_nodes;
> >  	}
> >  
> >  	return 0;
> 
> I'd add a blank line here.
> 
> Reviewed-by: Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@ideasonboard.com>

I spoke a bit too soon. Could you update the documentation of the
function to explain this new requirement ?

> > +err_unregister_nodes:
> > +	software_node_unregister_nodes(nodes);
> > +	return ret;
> >  }
> >  EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(software_node_register_nodes);
> >  
> 
> -- 
> Regards,
> 
> Laurent Pinchart

-- 
Regards,

Laurent Pinchart