Re: [PATCH v2 03/12] of: overlay: rename identifiers to more reflect what they do

From: Frank Rowand
Date: Tue Oct 17 2017 - 14:53:59 EST


On 10/17/17 07:38, Rob Herring wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 16, 2017 at 8:17 PM, <frowand.list@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> From: Frank Rowand <frank.rowand@xxxxxxxx>
>>
>> This patch is aimed primarily at drivers/of/overlay.c, but those
>> changes also have a small impact in a few other files.
>>
>> overlay.c is difficult to read and maintain. Improve readability:
>> - Rename functions, types and variables to better reflect what
>> they do and to be consistent with names in other places,
>> such as the device tree overlay FDT (flattened device tree),
>> and make the algorithms more clear
>> - Use the same names consistently throughout the file
>> - Update comments for name changes
>> - Fix incorrect comments
>>
>> This patch is intended to not introduce any functional change.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Frank Rowand <frank.rowand@xxxxxxxx>
>> ---
>> Documentation/devicetree/overlay-notes.txt | 12 +-
>> drivers/gpu/drm/tilcdc/tilcdc_slave_compat.c | 5 +-
>> drivers/of/dynamic.c | 2 +-
>> drivers/of/overlay.c | 506 ++++++++++++++-------------
>> drivers/of/unittest.c | 20 +-
>> include/linux/of.h | 12 +-
>> 6 files changed, 294 insertions(+), 263 deletions(-)
>
> Doesn't build:
>
> ../drivers/of/overlay.c:397:41: warning: âstruct of_overlay_infoâ
> declared inside parameter list will not be visible outside of this
> definition or declaration
> struct device_node *info_node, struct of_overlay_info *ovinfo)
> ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> ../drivers/of/overlay.c:396:40: warning: âstruct of_overlayâ declared
> inside parameter list will not be visible outside of this definition
> or declaration
> static int of_fill_overlay_info(struct of_overlay *ov,
> ^~~~~~~~~~
> ../drivers/of/overlay.c: In function âof_fill_overlay_infoâ:
> ../drivers/of/overlay.c:399:8: error: dereferencing pointer to
> incomplete type âstruct of_overlay_infoâ
> ovinfo->overlay = of_get_child_by_name(info_node, "__overlay__");
> ^~
> ../drivers/of/overlay.c: In function âinit_overlay_changesetâ:
> ../drivers/of/overlay.c:450:30: error: passing argument 1 of
> âof_fill_overlay_infoâ from incompatible pointer type
> [-Werror=incompatible-pointer-types]
> ret = of_fill_overlay_info(ovcs, node, &fragments[cnt]);
> ^~~~
> ../drivers/of/overlay.c:396:12: note: expected âstruct of_overlay *â
> but argument is of type âstruct overlay_changeset *â
> static int of_fill_overlay_info(struct of_overlay *ov,
> ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> ../drivers/of/overlay.c:450:42: error: passing argument 3 of
> âof_fill_overlay_infoâ from incompatible pointer type
> [-Werror=incompatible-pointer-types]
> ret = of_fill_overlay_info(ovcs, node, &fragments[cnt]);
> ^
> ../drivers/of/overlay.c:396:12: note: expected âstruct of_overlay_info
> *â but argument is of type âstruct fragment *â
> static int of_fill_overlay_info(struct of_overlay *ov,
> ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
>
> I could have messed something up as every commit so far conflicts with
> "of: overlay: fix memory leak related to duplicated property". Can you
> rebase on to my dt/next branch too.
>
> Rob
>

OK, I'll rebase.

-Frank