--- zzzz-none-000/linux-2.6.39.4/drivers/of/base.c	2011-08-03 19:43:28.000000000 +0000
+++ puma6-arm-6490-729/linux-2.6.39.4/drivers/of/base.c	2021-11-10 13:23:10.000000000 +0000
@@ -596,6 +596,64 @@
 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,
+				const 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
  * @phandle_name: Name of property holding a phandle value