Re: [PATCH 1/2] max8903: adds support for initiation via device tree.

From: Krzysztof Kozlowski
Date: Fri Jun 10 2016 - 06:23:56 EST


On 06/10/2016 08:13 AM, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
> On 06/10/2016 07:35 AM, Chris Lapa wrote:
>> Hi Krzysztof,
>>
>> Thanks for the review. I'm working on those changes now.
>>
>> However just so I know for the future. Why no error checking on
>> devm_kzalloc() result? Looking through the source for devm_kzalloc() it
>> looks like NULL isn't caught anywhere else.
>
> Error checking is necessary. Just do not print the error message. The
> kernel core will print one with full back trace.
>
> if (charger == NULL)
> return -ENOMEM;

... and while at it just convert it to simpler:
if (!charger)
return -ENOMEM;

BR,
Krzysztof