dt: introduce of_get_child_by_name to get child node by name

This patch introduces of_get_child_by_name function to get a child node
by its name in a given parent node.

Without this patch each driver code has to iterate the parent and do
a string compare, However having of_get_child_by_name libary function would
avoid code duplication, errors and is more convenient.

Signed-off-by: Srinivas Kandagatla <srinivas.kandagatla@st.com>
Signed-off-by: Rob Herring <rob.herring@calxeda.com>

1 files changed, 2 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/include/linux/of.h b/include/linux/of.h
index 5919ee33f2b7..fabb524d3d75 100644
--- a/include/linux/of.h
+++ b/include/linux/of.h
@@ -190,6 +190,8 @@ extern struct device_node *of_get_parent(const struct device_node *node);
 extern struct device_node *of_get_next_parent(struct device_node *node);
 extern struct device_node *of_get_next_child(const struct device_node *node,
                                              struct device_node *prev);
+extern struct device_node *of_get_child_by_name(const struct device_node *node,
+                                        const char *name);
 #define for_each_child_of_node(parent, child) \
         for (child = of_get_next_child(parent, NULL); child != NULL; \
              child = of_get_next_child(parent, child))