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>

drivers/of/base.c

@@ -595,6 +595,64 @@ struct device_node *of_find_node_by_phandle(phandle handle)
 }
 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

include/linux/of.h

@@ -195,6 +195,10 @@ extern struct device_node *of_find_node_with_property(
 extern struct property *of_find_property(const struct device_node *np,
 					 const char *name,
 					 int *lenp);
+extern int of_property_read_u32(struct device_node *np, char *propname,
+					u32 *out_value);
+extern int of_property_read_string(struct device_node *np, char *propname,
+					char **out_string);
 extern int of_device_is_compatible(const struct device_node *device,
 				   const char *);
 extern int of_device_is_available(const struct device_node *device);