linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3] iio: adc: exynos5

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Date:	Wed, 13 Mar 2013 11:01:03 -0700
From:	Doug Anderson <dianders@...omium.org>
To:	Naveen Krishna Chatradhi <ch.naveen@...sung.com>
Cc:	linux-iio <linux-iio@...r.kernel.org>, dan.carpenter@...cle.com,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-samsung-soc@...r.kernel.org,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	Naveen Krishna <naveenkrishna.ch@...il.com>,
	Lars-Peter Clausen <lars@...afoo.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] iio: adc: exynos5_adc: fix compilation warnings

Naveen,

On Tue, Mar 12, 2013 at 9:48 PM, Naveen Krishna Chatradhi
<ch.naveen@...sung.com> wrote:
> Doug, There was a comment from Lars regarding the match not
> being NULL, if driver depends on CONFIG_OF. So, i've removed
> the NULL check in v2 of this patch.
>         https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/2222841/
>
> I'm checking the return value of get_version() for -ve values before
> assigning to info->version. So, i left the (unsigned int) unchanged.

Hmmm, I guess this was the point that confused me.  I went back and
agree with Lars--it can't be NULL.  ...but that means that
exynos_adc_get_version() can't return an error, so why are we checking
for an error?

-Doug
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