On Monday 21 January 2008, Dave Young wrote:
>  
> +/**
> + *   class_for_each_device - device iterator
> + *   @class: the class we're iterating
> + *   @data: data for the callback
> + *   @fn: function to be called for each device
> + *
> + *   Iterate over @class's list of devices, and call @fn for each,
> + *   passing it @data.
> + *
> + *   We check the return of @fn each time. If it returns anything
> + *   other than 0, we break out and return that value.

I have a suggestion for better documentation, which
applies to all these utilities:


> + */
> +int class_for_each_device(struct class *class, void *data,
> +                        int (*fn)(struct device *, void *))
> +{
> +     struct device *dev;
> +     int error = 0;
> +
> +     if (!class)
> +             return -EINVAL;
> +     down(&class->sem);
> +     list_for_each_entry(dev, &class->devices, node) {
> +             dev = get_device(dev);
> +             if (dev) {
> +                     error = fn(dev, data);

This is called with class->sem held.  So fn() has a
constraint to not re-acquire that ... else it'd be
self-deadlocking.  I'd like to see docs at least
mention that; calls to add or remove class members
would be verboten, for example, which isn't an issue
with most other driver model iterators.


> +                     put_device(dev);
> +             } else
> +                     error = -ENODEV;
> +             if (error)
> +                     break;
> +     }
> +     up(&class->sem);
> +
> +     return error;
> +}
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(class_for_each_device);
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