Re: clk/Renesas-MSTP: Less function calls in cpg_mstp_clocks_init() after error detection

From: SF Markus Elfring
Date: Fri Sep 16 2016 - 01:33:10 EST


>> * Should it usually be determined quicker if a required resource like
>> memory could be acquired before trying the next allocation?
>
> Note that if memory allocation fails in this driver, the system won't
> boot at all.

Thanks for this information.


> So even not checking for allocation failures at all could be acceptable.

I find this opinion interesting somehow.

I would generally prefer to check return values from various function calls
immediately instead of keeping the discussed source code structure unchanged.

Regards,
Markus