linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 3/8] staging: vme: make [alloc|free]

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Date:	Mon, 1 Aug 2011 14:10:50 +0300
From:	Dan Carpenter <error27@...il.com>
To:	Manohar Vanga <manohar.vanga@...n.ch>
Cc:	gregkh@...e.de, martyn.welch@...com, devel@...verdev.osuosl.org,
	cota@...ap.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/8] staging: vme: make [alloc|free]_consistent bridge
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On Mon, Aug 01, 2011 at 12:20:48PM +0200, Manohar Vanga wrote:
>  	if (bridge->parent == NULL) {
>  		printk(KERN_ERR "Dev entry NULL\n");

The user wouldn't know which driver is printing the error.

>  		return NULL;
>  	}
> -	pdev = container_of(bridge->parent, struct pci_dev, dev);
>  
> -	return pci_alloc_consistent(pdev, size, dma);
> +	if (bridge->alloc_consistent == NULL) {
> +		printk(KERN_ERR "alloc_consistent not supported by bridge\n");

Could probably be improved as well.

> +		return NULL;
> +	}
> +

regards,
dan carpenter
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