Re: [PATCH 1/2] regulator: s2mps11: drop redundant sanity checks in s2mpg10_of_parse_cb()
From: Krzysztof Kozlowski
Date: Tue Feb 10 2026 - 02:29:24 EST
On 10/02/2026 06:59, André Draszik wrote:
> Hi Krzysztof,
>
> On Mon, 2026-02-09 at 17:09 +0100, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
>> On 09/02/2026 16:07, André Draszik wrote:
>>> The sanity checks being removed in this commit are useless as earlier
>>> code checks for out-of-bounds conditions already. They also are
>>> incorrect (as they're off-by-one).
>>>
>>> Simply remove this incorrect code.
>>>
>>> No functional change.
>>
>> If they are incorrect then how it could be "no functional change"? To me
>> original code looks buggy and this is a fix. Fix must have functional
>> change...
>
> Earlier code already checks for all conditions, including all error cases.
> So the code being removed here has no effect, as any potential error it
> could catch will already have been caught by earlier code. Removing it
> therefore doesn't change behaviour or functionality.
>
> I can reword to 'incomplete test' instead of 'incorrect code' if you think
> that's more clear?
Perhaps you should mention which "one" in off-by-one that it has no impact.
I also wonder why you left the second - ext_control_s2mpg11 - untouched.
Best regards,
Krzysztof