Re: [PATCH v2 20/28] net: wan: Add framer framework support

From: Herve Codina
Date: Tue Aug 01 2023 - 06:32:13 EST


On Tue, 1 Aug 2023 11:56:12 +0200
Andrew Lunn <andrew@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> > +int framer_pm_runtime_get(struct framer *framer)
> > +{
> > + int ret;
> > +
> > + if (!framer)
> > + return 0;
>
> Can framer be a NULL pointer? This sort of test often covers up
> bugs. So either let it dereference the NULL pointer and opps, or
> return -EINVAL.
>

Well, in the current usage, it cannot be a NULL pointer.
I will simply remove the check (every where it is present) and
dereference the pointer instead of returning -EINVAL.

Regards,
Hervé

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