Re: [PATCH v3 5/6] of: dynamic: Move dead property list check into property add/update functions

From: Geert Uytterhoeven
Date: Mon Aug 21 2023 - 09:05:33 EST


Hi Rob,

Thanks for your patch!


On Fri, Aug 18, 2023 at 10:41 PM Rob Herring <robh@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> The changeset code checks for a property in the deadprops list when
> adding/updating a property, but of_add_property() and
> of_update_property() do not. As the users of these functions are pretty
> simple, they have not hit this scenario or else the property lists
> would get corrupted.
>
> With this there are 3 cases of removing a property from either deadprops
> or properties lists, so add a helper to find and remove a matching
> property.
>
> Signed-off-by: Rob Herring <robh@xxxxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@xxxxxxxxx>

Perhaps this needs a Fixes tag?

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

Geert

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