of: Document exactly what of_find_node_by_name() puts
authorStephen Boyd <sboyd@codeaurora.org>
Fri, 17 Nov 2017 16:53:21 +0000 (08:53 -0800)
committerRob Herring <robh@kernel.org>
Mon, 20 Nov 2017 18:15:44 +0000 (12:15 -0600)
It isn't clear if this function of_node_put()s the 'from'
argument, or the node it searches. Clearly indicate which
variable is touched. Fold in some more fixes from Randy too
because we're in the area.

Cc: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org>
Signed-off-by: Stephen Boyd <sboyd@codeaurora.org>
Acked-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org>
Signed-off-by: Rob Herring <robh@kernel.org>
drivers/of/base.c

index 3de07e6e82a0e8844aaf4f81c094ed3ff233a5b9..e6818a935b96a998efb8efddf76f16f547b7264a 100644 (file)
@@ -761,10 +761,10 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(of_find_node_opts_by_path);
 
 /**
  *     of_find_node_by_name - Find a node by its "name" property
- *     @from:  The node to start searching from or NULL, the node
+ *     @from:  The node to start searching from or NULL; the node
  *             you pass will not be searched, only the next one
- *             will; typically, you pass what the previous call
- *             returned. of_node_put() will be called on it
+ *             will. Typically, you pass what the previous call
+ *             returned. of_node_put() will be called on @from.
  *     @name:  The name string to match against
  *
  *     Returns a node pointer with refcount incremented, use