Re: [RFC PATCH] usb: gadget: Drop unnecessary NULL checks after container_of

[Laurent Pinchart]

Hi Guenter,

On Sat, Apr 24, 2021 at 11:03:19AM +0300, Felipe Balbi wrote:
> Guenter Roeck <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> > The parameters passed to allow_link and drop_link functions are never NULL.
> > That means the result of container_of() on those parameters is also
> > never NULL, even if the reference into the structure points to the first
> > element of the structure. Remove the subsequent NULL checks.
> >
> > The changes in this patch were made automatically using the following
> > Coccinelle script.
> >
> > @@
> > type t;
> > identifier v;
> > statement s;
> > @@
> >
> > <+...
> > (
> >   t v = container_of(...);
> > |
> >   v = container_of(...);
> > )
> >   ...
> >   when != v
> > - if (\( !v \| v == NULL \) ) s
> > ...+>
> >
> > Cc: Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: Felipe Balbi <balbi@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Signed-off-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> > After the recent discussion about a patch which tried to add a check
> > against NULL after container_of(), I realized that there are a number
> > of such checks in the kernel.
> >
> > Now the big question: Are patches like this acceptable, or do they count
> > as noise ?
> 
> Not noise in my book :-)
> 
> Acked-by: Felipe Balbi <balbi@xxxxxxxxxx>

Likewise,

Reviewed-by: Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

And thank you for the patch.

-- 
Regards,

Laurent Pinchart