powerpc/pseries: extract of_helpers module
[deliverable/linux.git] / arch / powerpc / platforms / pseries / of_helpers.c
1 #include <linux/string.h>
2 #include <linux/err.h>
3 #include <linux/slab.h>
4 #include <linux/of.h>
5
6 #include "of_helpers.h"
7
8 /**
9 * pseries_of_derive_parent - basically like dirname(1)
10 * @path: the full_name of a node to be added to the tree
11 *
12 * Returns the node which should be the parent of the node
13 * described by path. E.g., for path = "/foo/bar", returns
14 * the node with full_name = "/foo".
15 */
16 struct device_node *pseries_of_derive_parent(const char *path)
17 {
18 struct device_node *parent = NULL;
19 char *parent_path = "/";
20 size_t parent_path_len = strrchr(path, '/') - path + 1;
21
22 /* reject if path is "/" */
23 if (!strcmp(path, "/"))
24 return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
25
26 if (strrchr(path, '/') != path) {
27 parent_path = kmalloc(parent_path_len, GFP_KERNEL);
28 if (!parent_path)
29 return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
30 strlcpy(parent_path, path, parent_path_len);
31 }
32 parent = of_find_node_by_path(parent_path);
33 if (!parent)
34 return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
35 if (strcmp(parent_path, "/"))
36 kfree(parent_path);
37 return parent;
38 }
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