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    Add a new set of array reading functions that take a minimum and
    maximum size limit and will fail if the property size is not within
    the size limits. This makes it more convenient for drivers that
    use variable-size DT arrays which must be bounded at both ends -
    data must be at least N entries but must not overflow the array
    it is being copied into. It is also more efficient than making this
    functionality out of existing public functions and avoids duplication.
    
    The existing array functions have been left in the API, since there
    are a very large number of clients of those functions and their
    existing functionality is still useful. This avoids turning a small
    API improvement into a major kernel rework.
    
    The old functions have been turned into mininmal static inlines calling
    the new functions. The old functions had no upper limit on the actual
    size of the dts entry, to preserve this functionality rather than keeping
    two near-identical implementations, if the new function is called with
    max=0 there is no limit on the size of the dts entry but only the min
    number of elements are read.
    
    Signed-off-by: default avatarRichard Fitzgerald <rf@opensource.wolfsonmicro.com>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarRob Herring <robh@kernel.org>
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