dt: add helper functions to read u32 and string property values
Add helper functions to retrieve unsigned integer and string property
values from properties of a device node. These helper functions can be
used to lookup a property in a device node, perform error checking and
read the property value.
[grant.likely@secretlab.ca: Proposal and initial implementation]
Signed-off-by: Thomas Abraham <thomas.abraham@linaro.org>
[grant.likely: some word smithing and be more defensive validating the string]
Signed-off-by: Grant Likely <grant.likely@secretlab.ca>
diff --git a/drivers/of/base.c b/drivers/of/base.c
index 632ebae..b8b65fd 100644
--- a/drivers/of/base.c
+++ b/drivers/of/base.c
@@ -596,6 +596,64 @@
EXPORT_SYMBOL(of_find_node_by_phandle);
/**
+ * of_property_read_u32 - Find and read a 32 bit integer from a property
+ * @np: device node from which the property value is to be read.
+ * @propname: name of the property to be searched.
+ * @out_value: pointer to return value, modified only if return value is 0.
+ *
+ * Search for a property in a device node and read a 32-bit value from
+ * it. Returns 0 on success, -EINVAL if the property does not exist,
+ * -ENODATA if property does not have a value, and -EOVERFLOW if the
+ * property data isn't large enough.
+ *
+ * The out_value is modified only if a valid u32 value can be decoded.
+ */
+int of_property_read_u32(struct device_node *np, char *propname, u32 *out_value)
+{
+ struct property *prop = of_find_property(np, propname, NULL);
+
+ if (!prop)
+ return -EINVAL;
+ if (!prop->value)
+ return -ENODATA;
+ if (sizeof(*out_value) > prop->length)
+ return -EOVERFLOW;
+ *out_value = be32_to_cpup(prop->value);
+ return 0;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(of_property_read_u32);
+
+/**
+ * of_property_read_string - Find and read a string from a property
+ * @np: device node from which the property value is to be read.
+ * @propname: name of the property to be searched.
+ * @out_string: pointer to null terminated return string, modified only if
+ * return value is 0.
+ *
+ * Search for a property in a device tree node and retrieve a null
+ * terminated string value (pointer to data, not a copy). Returns 0 on
+ * success, -EINVAL if the property does not exist, -ENODATA if property
+ * does not have a value, and -EILSEQ if the string is not null-terminated
+ * within the length of the property data.
+ *
+ * The out_string pointer is modified only if a valid string can be decoded.
+ */
+int of_property_read_string(struct device_node *np, char *propname,
+ char **out_string)
+{
+ struct property *prop = of_find_property(np, propname, NULL);
+ if (!prop)
+ return -EINVAL;
+ if (!prop->value)
+ return -ENODATA;
+ if (strnlen(prop->value, prop->length) >= prop->length)
+ return -EILSEQ;
+ *out_string = prop->value;
+ return 0;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(of_property_read_string);
+
+/**
* of_parse_phandle - Resolve a phandle property to a device_node pointer
* @np: Pointer to device node holding phandle property
* @phandle_name: Name of property holding a phandle value
