[PATCH v8 7/9] rust: device: Add child accessor and iterator

From: Remo Senekowitsch
Date: Wed Jun 11 2025 - 06:31:44 EST


Allow Rust drivers to access children of a fwnode either by name or by
iterating over all of them.

In C, there is the function `fwnode_get_next_child_node` for iteration
and the macro `fwnode_for_each_child_node` that helps with handling the
pointers. Instead of a macro, a native iterator is used in Rust such
that regular for-loops can be used.

Tested-by: Dirk Behme <dirk.behme@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Remo Senekowitsch <remo@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
rust/kernel/device/property.rs | 56 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 56 insertions(+)

diff --git a/rust/kernel/device/property.rs b/rust/kernel/device/property.rs
index 75621abe81174..cd640adf18ca5 100644
--- a/rust/kernel/device/property.rs
+++ b/rust/kernel/device/property.rs
@@ -190,6 +190,62 @@ pub fn property_read<'fwnode, 'name, T: Property>(
name,
}
}
+
+ /// Returns first matching named child node handle.
+ pub fn get_child_by_name(&self, name: &CStr) -> Option<ARef<Self>> {
+ // SAFETY: `self` and `name` are valid by their type invariants.
+ let child =
+ unsafe { bindings::fwnode_get_named_child_node(self.as_raw(), name.as_char_ptr()) };
+ if child.is_null() {
+ return None;
+ }
+ // SAFETY:
+ // - `fwnode_get_named_child_node` returns a pointer with its refcount
+ // incremented.
+ // - That increment is relinquished, i.e. the underlying object is not
+ // used anymore except via the newly created `ARef`.
+ Some(unsafe { Self::from_raw(child) })
+ }
+
+ /// Returns an iterator over a node's children.
+ pub fn children<'a>(&'a self) -> impl Iterator<Item = ARef<FwNode>> + 'a {
+ let mut prev: Option<ARef<FwNode>> = None;
+
+ core::iter::from_fn(move || {
+ let prev_ptr = match prev.take() {
+ None => ptr::null_mut(),
+ Some(prev) => {
+ // We will pass `prev` to `fwnode_get_next_child_node`,
+ // which decrements its refcount, so we use
+ // `ARef::into_raw` to avoid decrementing the refcount
+ // twice.
+ let prev = ARef::into_raw(prev);
+ prev.as_ptr().cast()
+ }
+ };
+ // SAFETY:
+ // - `self.as_raw()` is valid by its type invariant.
+ // - `prev_ptr` may be null, which is allowed and corresponds to
+ // getting the first child. Otherwise, `prev_ptr` is valid, as it
+ // is the stored return value from the previous invocation.
+ // - `prev_ptr` has its refount incremented.
+ // - The increment of `prev_ptr` is relinquished, i.e. the
+ // underlying object won't be used anymore.
+ let next = unsafe { bindings::fwnode_get_next_child_node(self.as_raw(), prev_ptr) };
+ if next.is_null() {
+ return None;
+ }
+ // SAFETY:
+ // - `next` is valid because `fwnode_get_next_child_node` returns a
+ // pointer with its refcount incremented.
+ // - That increment is relinquished, i.e. the underlying object
+ // won't be used anymore, except via the newly created
+ // `ARef<Self>`.
+ let next = unsafe { FwNode::from_raw(next) };
+ prev = Some(next.clone());
+ Some(next)
+ })
+ }
}

// SAFETY: Instances of `FwNode` are always reference-counted.
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