Re: [PATCH v6 2/5] MFD: RK808: Add new mfd driver for RK808

From: Lee Jones
Date: Wed Aug 27 2014 - 13:03:04 EST


On Wed, 27 Aug 2014, Doug Anderson wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 27, 2014 at 6:39 AM, Lee Jones <lee.jones@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >> +static int rk808_probe(struct i2c_client *client,
> >> + const struct i2c_device_id *id)
> >> +{
> >> + int ret;
> >> + int pm_off = 0;
> >> + struct rk808 *rk808;
> >> + struct device_node *np = client->dev.of_node;
> >
> > Are you prepared for np == NULL?
>
> Given that the driver no longer supports getting its config from
> platform data, I think it simply depends on OF now. It seems like we
> could add a "&& OF" to the dependencies. Is that OK with you?

If the driver depends on OF, then it should be specified in the Kconfig.

> It doesn't hurt to still add a check for np == NULL and bail out, though.

If we're depending on OF, then there's no real need to do this.

And of_property_read_bool() does a NULL check on np anyway, so not
checking is still okay. I was just wondering if not checking was a
mistake or intentional?

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