Re: [PATCH] kunit: debugfs: Use IS_ERR() for alloc_string_stream() error check

[David Gow]

On Fri, 15 Nov 2024 at 00:56, Kuan-Wei Chiu <visitorckw@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> The alloc_string_stream() function only returns ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM) on
> failure and never returns NULL. Therefore, switching the error check in
> the caller from IS_ERR_OR_NULL to IS_ERR improves clarity, indicating
> that this function will return an error pointer (not NULL) when an
> error occurs. This change avoids any ambiguity regarding the function's
> return behavior.
>
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/Zy9deU5VK3YR+r9N@visitorckw-System-Product-Name
> Signed-off-by: Kuan-Wei Chiu <visitorckw@xxxxxxxxx>
> --

Makes sense to me, thanks.

Reviewed-by: David Gow <davidgow@xxxxxxxxxx>

Cheers,
-- David

>  lib/kunit/debugfs.c | 4 ++--
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/lib/kunit/debugfs.c b/lib/kunit/debugfs.c
> index d548750a325a..6273fa9652df 100644
> --- a/lib/kunit/debugfs.c
> +++ b/lib/kunit/debugfs.c
> @@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ void kunit_debugfs_create_suite(struct kunit_suite *suite)
>          * successfully.
>          */
>         stream = alloc_string_stream(GFP_KERNEL);
> -       if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(stream))
> +       if (IS_ERR(stream))
>                 return;
>
>         string_stream_set_append_newlines(stream, true);
> @@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ void kunit_debugfs_create_suite(struct kunit_suite *suite)
>
>         kunit_suite_for_each_test_case(suite, test_case) {
>                 stream = alloc_string_stream(GFP_KERNEL);
> -               if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(stream))
> +               if (IS_ERR(stream))
>                         goto err;
>
>                 string_stream_set_append_newlines(stream, true);
> --
> 2.34.1
>

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