From 46eca1e3a9373e07a933ae2dc87fbeb03d204f58 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Trond F. Christiansen" <trond.christiansen@nordicsemi.no>
Date: Tue, 19 Aug 2025 10:48:14 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] zbus: add zbus_chan_from_name() function

Add a new API function zbus_chan_from_name() that allows retrieving a
zbus channel by its name string. This complements the existing
zbus_chan_from_id() function and provides more flexibility for channel
lookup operations.

The implementation is conditionally compiled when CONFIG_ZBUS_CHANNEL_NAME
is enabled, ensuring it's only available when channel names are configured
in the system.

Signed-off-by: Trond F. Christiansen <trond.christiansen@nordicsemi.no>
---
 include/zephyr/zbus/zbus.h | 14 ++++++++++++++
 subsys/zbus/zbus.c         | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 34 insertions(+)

diff --git a/include/zephyr/zbus/zbus.h b/include/zephyr/zbus/zbus.h
index 13368b4841a..f7ac22d1682 100644
--- a/include/zephyr/zbus/zbus.h
+++ b/include/zephyr/zbus/zbus.h
@@ -807,6 +807,20 @@ const struct zbus_channel *zbus_chan_from_id(uint32_t channel_id);
 
 #endif
 
+#if defined(CONFIG_ZBUS_CHANNEL_NAME) || defined(__DOXYGEN__)
+
+/**
+ * @brief Retrieve a zbus channel from its name string
+ *
+ * @param name Name of the channel to retrieve.
+ *
+ * @retval NULL If channel with name @a name does not exist.
+ * @retval chan Channel pointer with name @a name otherwise.
+ */
+const struct zbus_channel *zbus_chan_from_name(const char *name);
+
+#endif
+
 /**
  * @brief Get the reference for a channel message directly.
  *
diff --git a/subsys/zbus/zbus.c b/subsys/zbus/zbus.c
index 448d7502491..16d5e387542 100644
--- a/subsys/zbus/zbus.c
+++ b/subsys/zbus/zbus.c
@@ -156,6 +156,26 @@ const struct zbus_channel *zbus_chan_from_id(uint32_t channel_id)
 
 #endif /* CONFIG_ZBUS_CHANNEL_ID */
 
+#if defined(CONFIG_ZBUS_CHANNEL_NAME)
+
+const struct zbus_channel *zbus_chan_from_name(const char *name)
+{
+	CHECKIF(name == NULL) {
+		return NULL;
+	}
+
+	STRUCT_SECTION_FOREACH(zbus_channel, chan) {
+		if (strcmp(chan->name, name) == 0) {
+			/* Found matching channel */
+			return chan;
+		}
+	}
+	/* No matching channel exists */
+	return NULL;
+}
+
+#endif /* CONFIG_ZBUS_CHANNEL_NAME */
+
 static inline int _zbus_notify_observer(const struct zbus_channel *chan,
 					const struct zbus_observer *obs, k_timepoint_t end_time,
 					struct net_buf *buf)