[PATCH] of: spi: Return error from of_spi_register_master on bad "cs-gpios" property

[Grant Likely]

On Wed, 13 Feb 2013 14:23:24 +0100, Andreas Larsson <andreas at gaisler.com> wrote:
> This makes sure that an error is returned on an incorrectly formed
> "cs-gpios" property, but reports success when the "cs-gpios" property is
> well formed or missing.
> 
> When holes in the cs-gpios property phandle list is used to indicate
> that some other form of chipselect is to be used it is important that
> failure to read a broken "cs-gpios" property does not silently fail
> leading to the spi controller to use an unintended chipselect.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Andreas Larsson <andreas at gaisler.com>

Applied, thanks.

g.

> ---
> 
> Can only be applied to devicetree/next as it builds upon the
> "of: Add helper for counting phandle refernces" patch series.
> 
>  drivers/spi/spi.c |    5 ++++-
>  1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/spi/spi.c b/drivers/spi/spi.c
> index 21c4748..9b5f024 100644
> --- a/drivers/spi/spi.c
> +++ b/drivers/spi/spi.c
> @@ -1068,8 +1068,11 @@ static int of_spi_register_master(struct spi_master *master)
>  	nb = of_gpio_named_count(np, "cs-gpios");
>  	master->num_chipselect = max(nb, (int)master->num_chipselect);
>  
> -	if (nb < 1)
> +	/* Return error only for an incorrectly formed cs-gpios property */
> +	if (nb == 0 || nb == -ENOENT)
>  		return 0;
> +	else if (nb < 0)
> +		return nb;
>  
>  	cs = devm_kzalloc(&master->dev,
>  			  sizeof(int) * master->num_chipselect,
> -- 
> 1.7.0.4
> 

-- 
Grant Likely, B.Sc, P.Eng.
Secret Lab Technologies, Ltd.