linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] mach_omap2: use PTR_RET instead of IS_ERR + PTR

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Date:	Tue, 12 Mar 2013 11:05:57 +0000
From:	Russell King - ARM Linux <linux@....linux.org.uk>
To:	Silviu-Mihai Popescu <silviupopescu1990@...il.com>
Cc:	linux-omap@...r.kernel.org, tony@...mide.com, khilman@...com,
	linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mach_omap2: use PTR_RET instead of IS_ERR + PTR_ERR

On Tue, Mar 12, 2013 at 09:58:29AM +0200, Silviu-Mihai Popescu wrote:
> This uses PTR_RET instead of IS_ERR and PTR_ERR in order to increase
> readability.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Silviu-Mihai Popescu <silviupopescu1990@...il.com>
> ---
>  arch/arm/mach-omap2/devices.c |    4 ++--
>  arch/arm/mach-omap2/fb.c      |    5 +----
>  arch/arm/mach-omap2/gpmc.c    |    2 +-
>  arch/arm/mach-omap2/pmu.c     |    5 +----
>  4 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-omap2/devices.c b/arch/arm/mach-omap2/devices.c
> index 1ec7f05..2a0816e 100644
> --- a/arch/arm/mach-omap2/devices.c
> +++ b/arch/arm/mach-omap2/devices.c
> @@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ static int __init omap3_l3_init(void)
>  
>  	WARN(IS_ERR(pdev), "could not build omap_device for %s\n", oh_name);
>  
> -	return IS_ERR(pdev) ? PTR_ERR(pdev) : 0;
> +	return PTR_RET(pdev);

This is incorrect.

The return value will be tested for < 0.  Kernel pointers in general are
all above 3GB, and so are all "< 0".

I'm afraid none of these changes stuff is an improvement - they all
introduce bugs.
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