[PATCH v9 14/24] ACPI: property: Refactor acpi_fwnode_get_reference_args() to support nargs_prop

From: Anup Patel
Date: Mon Jul 28 2025 - 05:47:27 EST


From: Sunil V L <sunilvl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Currently, acpi_fwnode_get_reference_args() delegates to the internal
function __acpi_node_get_property_reference() to retrieve property
references. However, this function does not handle the nargs_prop (cells
property) parameter, and instead expects the number of arguments (nargs)
to be known or hardcoded.

As a result, when fwnode_property_get_reference_args() is used with a
valid nargs_prop, the ACPI backend ignores it, whereas the Device Tree
(DT) backend uses the #*-cells property from the reference node to
determine the number of arguments dynamically.

To support the nargs_prop in ACPI, refactor the code as follows:

- Move the implementation from __acpi_node_get_property_reference()
into acpi_fwnode_get_reference_args().

- Update __acpi_node_get_property_reference() to call the (now updated)
acpi_fwnode_get_reference_args() passing NULL as nargs_prop to keep
the behavior of __acpi_node_get_property_reference() intact.

Acked-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@xxxxxxxxx>
Suggested-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Sunil V L <sunilvl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Anup Patel <apatel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/acpi/property.c | 101 ++++++++++++++++++++--------------------
1 file changed, 50 insertions(+), 51 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/acpi/property.c b/drivers/acpi/property.c
index 436019d96027..d4863746fb11 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/property.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/property.c
@@ -882,45 +882,10 @@ static struct fwnode_handle *acpi_parse_string_ref(const struct fwnode_handle *f
return &dn->fwnode;
}

-/**
- * __acpi_node_get_property_reference - returns handle to the referenced object
- * @fwnode: Firmware node to get the property from
- * @propname: Name of the property
- * @index: Index of the reference to return
- * @num_args: Maximum number of arguments after each reference
- * @args: Location to store the returned reference with optional arguments
- * (may be NULL)
- *
- * Find property with @name, verifify that it is a package containing at least
- * one object reference and if so, store the ACPI device object pointer to the
- * target object in @args->adev. If the reference includes arguments, store
- * them in the @args->args[] array.
- *
- * If there's more than one reference in the property value package, @index is
- * used to select the one to return.
- *
- * It is possible to leave holes in the property value set like in the
- * example below:
- *
- * Package () {
- * "cs-gpios",
- * Package () {
- * ^GPIO, 19, 0, 0,
- * ^GPIO, 20, 0, 0,
- * 0,
- * ^GPIO, 21, 0, 0,
- * }
- * }
- *
- * Calling this function with index %2 or index %3 return %-ENOENT. If the
- * property does not contain any more values %-ENOENT is returned. The NULL
- * entry must be single integer and preferably contain value %0.
- *
- * Return: %0 on success, negative error code on failure.
- */
-int __acpi_node_get_property_reference(const struct fwnode_handle *fwnode,
- const char *propname, size_t index, size_t num_args,
- struct fwnode_reference_args *args)
+static int acpi_fwnode_get_reference_args(const struct fwnode_handle *fwnode,
+ const char *propname, const char *nargs_prop,
+ unsigned int args_count, unsigned int index,
+ struct fwnode_reference_args *args)
{
const union acpi_object *element, *end;
const union acpi_object *obj;
@@ -999,7 +964,7 @@ int __acpi_node_get_property_reference(const struct fwnode_handle *fwnode,

ret = acpi_get_ref_args(idx == index ? args : NULL,
acpi_fwnode_handle(device),
- &element, end, num_args);
+ &element, end, args_count);
if (ret < 0)
return ret;

@@ -1017,7 +982,7 @@ int __acpi_node_get_property_reference(const struct fwnode_handle *fwnode,

ret = acpi_get_ref_args(idx == index ? args : NULL,
ref_fwnode, &element, end,
- num_args);
+ args_count);
if (ret < 0)
return ret;

@@ -1039,6 +1004,50 @@ int __acpi_node_get_property_reference(const struct fwnode_handle *fwnode,

return -ENOENT;
}
+
+/**
+ * __acpi_node_get_property_reference - returns handle to the referenced object
+ * @fwnode: Firmware node to get the property from
+ * @propname: Name of the property
+ * @index: Index of the reference to return
+ * @num_args: Maximum number of arguments after each reference
+ * @args: Location to store the returned reference with optional arguments
+ * (may be NULL)
+ *
+ * Find property with @name, verifify that it is a package containing at least
+ * one object reference and if so, store the ACPI device object pointer to the
+ * target object in @args->adev. If the reference includes arguments, store
+ * them in the @args->args[] array.
+ *
+ * If there's more than one reference in the property value package, @index is
+ * used to select the one to return.
+ *
+ * It is possible to leave holes in the property value set like in the
+ * example below:
+ *
+ * Package () {
+ * "cs-gpios",
+ * Package () {
+ * ^GPIO, 19, 0, 0,
+ * ^GPIO, 20, 0, 0,
+ * 0,
+ * ^GPIO, 21, 0, 0,
+ * }
+ * }
+ *
+ * Calling this function with index %2 or index %3 return %-ENOENT. If the
+ * property does not contain any more values %-ENOENT is returned. The NULL
+ * entry must be single integer and preferably contain value %0.
+ *
+ * Return: %0 on success, negative error code on failure.
+ */
+int __acpi_node_get_property_reference(const struct fwnode_handle *fwnode,
+ const char *propname, size_t index,
+ size_t num_args,
+ struct fwnode_reference_args *args)
+{
+ return acpi_fwnode_get_reference_args(fwnode, propname, NULL, index, num_args, args);
+}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(__acpi_node_get_property_reference);

static int acpi_data_prop_read_single(const struct acpi_device_data *data,
@@ -1558,16 +1567,6 @@ acpi_fwnode_property_read_string_array(const struct fwnode_handle *fwnode,
val, nval);
}

-static int
-acpi_fwnode_get_reference_args(const struct fwnode_handle *fwnode,
- const char *prop, const char *nargs_prop,
- unsigned int args_count, unsigned int index,
- struct fwnode_reference_args *args)
-{
- return __acpi_node_get_property_reference(fwnode, prop, index,
- args_count, args);
-}
-
static const char *acpi_fwnode_get_name(const struct fwnode_handle *fwnode)
{
const struct acpi_device *adev;
--
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