Re: [RESEND PATCH v5 3/5] drivers core: allow probe_err accept integer and pointer types

[Robin Murphy]

On 2020-06-24 16:04, Mark Brown wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 24, 2020 at 03:25:33PM +0100, Robin Murphy wrote:
>
> > And yeah, anyone who pipes up suggesting that places where an ERR_PTR value
> > could be passed to probe_err() could simply refactor IS_ERR() checks with
> > more uses of the god-awful PTR_ERR_OR_ZERO() obfuscator gets a long stare of
> > disapproval...
>
> We could also have a probe_err_ptr() or something that took an ERR_PTR()
> instead if there really were an issue with explicitly doing this.

Yeah, for all my lyrical objection, a static inline <blah>_ptr_err() 
helper to wrap <blah>_err() with sensible type checking might actually 
be an OK compromise if people really feel strongly for having that utility.

(and then we can debate whether it should also convert NULL to -ENOMEM 
and !IS_ERR to 0... :D)

Robin.