Re: [PATCH] phy: core: Fix error checking in (devm_)phy_optional_get

[Kishon Vijay Abraham I]

Hi,

On Tuesday 07 April 2015 05:13 PM, Axel Lin wrote:
> Don't pass valid pointer to PTR_ERR, use PTR_ERR(phy) only when
> IS_ERR(phy) is true.
>
> Signed-off-by: Axel Lin <axel.lin@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>   drivers/phy/phy-core.c | 12 ++++++++----
>   1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/phy/phy-core.c b/drivers/phy/phy-core.c
> index 3791838f..f112fff 100644
> --- a/drivers/phy/phy-core.c
> +++ b/drivers/phy/phy-core.c
> @@ -530,8 +530,10 @@ struct phy *phy_optional_get(struct device *dev, const char *string)
>   {
>   	struct phy *phy = phy_get(dev, string);
>
> -	if (PTR_ERR(phy) == -ENODEV)
> -		phy = NULL;
> +	if (IS_ERR(phy)) {
> +		if (PTR_ERR(phy) == -ENODEV)

This can simply be (IS_ERR(phy) && (PTR_ERR(phy) == -ENODEV)).
But I don't see a problem passing a valid pointer to PTR_ERR here.

Thanks
Kishon
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