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SubjectRe: [PATCH 08/33] gpio: Convert to devm_ioremap_resource()
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On Mon, 21 Jan 2013 16:22:21 +0530, Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@linaro.org> wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 21, 2013 at 3:39 PM, Thierry Reding
> <thierry.reding@avionic-design.de> wrote:
> > diff --git a/drivers/gpio/gpio-spear-spics.c b/drivers/gpio/gpio-spear-spics.c
> > index 5f45fc4..7a4bf7c 100644
> > --- a/drivers/gpio/gpio-spear-spics.c
> > +++ b/drivers/gpio/gpio-spear-spics.c
> > @@ -140,11 +140,9 @@ static int spics_gpio_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
> > return -ENOMEM;
> > }
> >
> > - spics->base = devm_request_and_ioremap(&pdev->dev, res);
> > - if (!spics->base) {
> > - dev_err(&pdev->dev, "request and ioremap fail\n");
>
> can we keep it as is?

And this is why I dislike the ERR_PTR pattern so much. It goes against
every instinct about what is and is not a valid pointer.

I know people want error codes, but I think hoping that all users will
remember to do 'if (IS_ERR(ptr))' instead of 'if (!ptr)' makes things
worse not better.

g.



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