[PATCH v4 03/10] pwm: Add device tree support

Thierry Reding thierry.reding at avionic-design.de
Tue Mar 20 01:51:22 EDT 2012


* Stephen Warren wrote:
> On 03/14/2012 09:56 AM, Thierry Reding wrote:
> > This patch adds helpers to support device tree bindings for the generic
> > PWM API. Device tree binding documentation for PWM controllers is also
> > provided.
> ...
> > +static struct pwm_device *of_pwm_simple_xlate(struct pwm_chip *pc,
> > +					      const struct of_phandle_args *args)
> ...
> > +	if (args->args_count < pc->of_pwm_n_cells)
> > +		return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
> 
> I think you can drop that error-check given the code quoted below?
> 
> (and if not, shouldn't it be != not >= ?)
> 
> > +struct pwm_device *of_pwm_request(struct device_node *np,
> > +				  const char *propname, int index)
> ...
> > +	if (args.args_count != pc->of_pwm_n_cells) {
> > +		pr_debug("%s: wrong #pwm-cells for %s\n", np->full_name,
> > +			 args.np->full_name);
> > +		pwm = ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
> > +		goto put;
> > +	}
> > +
> > +	pwm = pc->of_xlate(pc, &args);

Yes, you're right. It is completely redundant.

Thierry
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