Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH] platform/x86: surface3_power: i2c_acpi_new_device() returns a PTR_ERR | From | Hans de Goede <> | Date | Tue, 21 Apr 2020 09:40:07 +0200 |
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Hi,
On 4/21/20 12:33 AM, Andy Shevchenko wrote: > On Tue, Apr 21, 2020 at 1:04 AM Hans de Goede <hdegoede@redhat.com> wrote: >> >> i2c_acpi_new_device() never returns NULL, it either returns an i2c_client >> or a PTR_ERR. Adjust the mshw0011_probe() error handling to take this >> into account. >> >> Note the goto out_err will cause i2c_unregister_device() to get called >> even though the i2c_acpi_new_device() fails, this is ok as it accepts >> a NULL pointer argument (and treats it as a no-op). >> > > Thanks, I guess it repeats [1]. > > [1]: http://git.infradead.org/linux-platform-drivers-x86.git/commitdiff/4dbccb873f2b35ad1b26419ff88c80509e2d4cbb
I guess it does and Dan's solution for the error handling is claner then mine, a direct return indeed is the proper thing to do here.
Regards,
Hans
> >> Signed-off-by: Hans de Goede <hdegoede@redhat.com> >> --- >> drivers/platform/x86/surface3_power.c | 6 ++++-- >> 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) >> >> diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/surface3_power.c b/drivers/platform/x86/surface3_power.c >> index 946ac2dc08ae..32e6e86e27dd 100644 >> --- a/drivers/platform/x86/surface3_power.c >> +++ b/drivers/platform/x86/surface3_power.c >> @@ -522,8 +522,10 @@ static int mshw0011_probe(struct i2c_client *client) >> strlcpy(board_info.type, "MSHW0011-bat0", I2C_NAME_SIZE); >> >> bat0 = i2c_acpi_new_device(dev, 1, &board_info); >> - if (!bat0) >> - return -ENOMEM; >> + if (IS_ERR(bat0)) { >> + error = PTR_ERR(bat0); >> + goto out_err; >> + } >> >> data->bat0 = bat0; >> i2c_set_clientdata(bat0, data); >> -- >> 2.26.0 >> > >
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