Re: [PATCH 1/4] iio: adc: xilinx: Rename 'channels' variable name to 'iio_xadc_channels'
From: Lars-Peter Clausen
Date: Wed Jul 18 2018 - 07:18:45 EST
On 07/18/2018 01:12 PM, Manish Narani wrote:
> This patch fix the following checkpatch warning in xadc driver.
> - Reusing the krealloc arg is almost always a bug.
>
> Renamed the 'channels' variable as 'iio_xadc_channels' to fix the above
> warning.
>
This is a bug in checkpatch and should be fixed in checkpatch. The code is
not actually re-using the parameter. channels and xadc_channels are
independent variables, just checkpatch somehow does not realize this.
> Signed-off-by: Manish Narani <manish.narani@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/iio/adc/xilinx-xadc-core.c | 16 +++++++++-------
> 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/iio/adc/xilinx-xadc-core.c b/drivers/iio/adc/xilinx-xadc-core.c
> index d4f21d1..27b45df 100644
> --- a/drivers/iio/adc/xilinx-xadc-core.c
> +++ b/drivers/iio/adc/xilinx-xadc-core.c
> @@ -1040,7 +1040,7 @@ static int xadc_parse_dt(struct iio_dev *indio_dev, struct device_node *np,
> unsigned int *conf)
> {
> struct xadc *xadc = iio_priv(indio_dev);
> - struct iio_chan_spec *channels, *chan;
> + struct iio_chan_spec *iio_xadc_channels, *chan;
> struct device_node *chan_node, *child;
> unsigned int num_channels;
> const char *external_mux;
> @@ -1083,12 +1083,13 @@ static int xadc_parse_dt(struct iio_dev *indio_dev, struct device_node *np,
> *conf |= XADC_CONF0_MUX | XADC_CONF0_CHAN(ext_mux_chan);
> }
>
> - channels = kmemdup(xadc_channels, sizeof(xadc_channels), GFP_KERNEL);
> - if (!channels)
> + iio_xadc_channels = kmemdup(xadc_channels, sizeof(xadc_channels),
> + GFP_KERNEL);
> + if (!iio_xadc_channels)
> return -ENOMEM;
>
> num_channels = 9;
> - chan = &channels[9];
> + chan = &iio_xadc_channels[9];
>
> chan_node = of_get_child_by_name(np, "xlnx,channels");
> if (chan_node) {
> @@ -1119,11 +1120,12 @@ static int xadc_parse_dt(struct iio_dev *indio_dev, struct device_node *np,
> of_node_put(chan_node);
>
> indio_dev->num_channels = num_channels;
> - indio_dev->channels = krealloc(channels, sizeof(*channels) *
> - num_channels, GFP_KERNEL);
> + indio_dev->channels = krealloc(iio_xadc_channels,
> + sizeof(*iio_xadc_channels) *
> + num_channels, GFP_KERNEL);
> /* If we can't resize the channels array, just use the original */
> if (!indio_dev->channels)
> - indio_dev->channels = channels;
> + indio_dev->channels = iio_xadc_channels;
>
> return 0;
> }
>