Re: [PATCH] drivers: media: i2c : s5c73m3: Replace dev_err with pr_err

From: Joe Perches
Date: Mon Feb 23 2015 - 23:54:49 EST


On Tue, 2015-02-24 at 10:17 +0530, Tapasweni Pathak wrote:
> Replace dev_err statement with pr_err to fix null dereference.
>
> Found by Coccinelle.
>
> Signed-off-by: Tapasweni Pathak <tapaswenipathak@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/media/i2c/s5c73m3/s5c73m3-spi.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/media/i2c/s5c73m3/s5c73m3-spi.c b/drivers/media/i2c/s5c73m3/s5c73m3-spi.c
> index f60b265..63eb190 100644
> --- a/drivers/media/i2c/s5c73m3/s5c73m3-spi.c
> +++ b/drivers/media/i2c/s5c73m3/s5c73m3-spi.c
> @@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ static int spi_xmit(struct spi_device *spi_dev, void *addr, const int len,
> xfer.rx_buf = addr;
>
> if (spi_dev == NULL) {
> - dev_err(&spi_dev->dev, "SPI device is uninitialized\n");
> + pr_err("SPI device is uninitialized\n");
> return -ENODEV;
> }

It'd be better to move this above the if (dir...) block
and use ratelimit/once it too

static int spi_xmit(struct spi_device *spi_dev, void *addr, const int len,
enum spi_direction dir)
{
struct spi_message msg;
int r;
struct spi_transfer xfer = {
.len = len,
};

if (!spi_dev) {
pr_err_once("SPI device is uninitialized\n");
return -ENODEV;
}

if (dir == SPI_DIR_TX)
xfer.tx_buf = addr;
else
xfer.rx_buf = addr;

...

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