From: David Gibson <david-xT8FGy+AXnRB3Ne2BGzF6laj5H9X9Tb+@public.gmane.org>
To: "Uwe Kleine-König"
<u.kleine-koenig-bIcnvbaLZ9MEGnE8C9+IrQ@public.gmane.org>
Cc: devicetree-compiler-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org
Subject: Re: Bug or feature? /somenode overwrites /somenode@17 in fdt-overlay
Date: Sat, 29 Apr 2023 16:22:11 +1000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <ZEy3k++MQmQ++hbu@yekko> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20230428184007.56cwbzk5fe5trb4z-bIcnvbaLZ9MEGnE8C9+IrQ@public.gmane.org>
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On Fri, Apr 28, 2023 at 08:40:07PM +0200, Uwe Kleine-König wrote:
> Hello David,
>
> On Fri, Apr 28, 2023 at 08:04:49PM +0200, Uwe Kleine-König wrote:
> > Still adding the strict flavour variants of the affected functions is a
> > good idea. Then future usages can consciously choose which semantic is
> > intended.
>
> Another surprising instance is fdt_get_alias() which might behave in
> strange ways if there is a node at /aliases@12345.
Technically true, but having /aliases@anything is something that
should never happen anyway. We should probably add a check for that,
if we don't have one yet.
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2023-04-29 6:22 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2023-04-25 14:55 Bug or feature? /somenode overwrites /somenode@17 in fdt-overlay Uwe Kleine-König
[not found] ` <20230425145504.tswuitufzikuhmnz-bIcnvbaLZ9MEGnE8C9+IrQ@public.gmane.org>
2023-04-25 16:25 ` Rob Herring
2023-04-28 7:01 ` David Gibson
2023-04-28 18:04 ` Uwe Kleine-König
[not found] ` <20230428180441.hn34wlwevuj75zml-bIcnvbaLZ9MEGnE8C9+IrQ@public.gmane.org>
2023-04-28 18:40 ` Uwe Kleine-König
[not found] ` <20230428184007.56cwbzk5fe5trb4z-bIcnvbaLZ9MEGnE8C9+IrQ@public.gmane.org>
2023-04-29 6:22 ` David Gibson [this message]
2023-04-29 6:21 ` David Gibson
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