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SubjectRe: [PATCH 1/5] regmap: return ERR_PTR instead of NULL in regmap_init
On Mon, Nov 14, 2011 at 10:40:15AM +0100, Lars-Peter Clausen wrote:
> The regmap_init documentation states that it will either return a pointer to a
> valid regmap structure or a ERR_PTR in case of an error. Currently it returns a
> NULL pointer in case no bus or no config was given. Since NULL is not a
> ERR_PTR a caller might assume that it is a pointer to a valid regmap structure,
> so return a ERR_PTR(-EINVAL) instead.
>
> Signed-off-by: Lars-Peter Clausen <lars@metafoo.de>
> ---
> drivers/base/regmap/regmap.c | 2 +-
> 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/base/regmap/regmap.c b/drivers/base/regmap/regmap.c
> index b08df85..b84ebf9 100644
> --- a/drivers/base/regmap/regmap.c
> +++ b/drivers/base/regmap/regmap.c
> @@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ struct regmap *regmap_init(struct device *dev,
> int ret = -EINVAL;
>
> if (!bus || !config)
> - return NULL;
> + goto err;
>
> map = kzalloc(sizeof(*map), GFP_KERNEL);
> if (map == NULL) {
> --
> 1.7.7.1
>
>

Acked-by: Dimitris Papastamos <dp@opensource.wolfsonmicro.com>


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