linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] mtd: orion_nand: Improve error handling in orion_nand

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Date:	Sun, 9 Jun 2013 20:15:20 +0300
From:	Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@...il.com>
To:	Emil Goode <emilgoode@...il.com>
Cc:	David Woodhouse <dwmw2@...radead.org>,
	artem.bityutskiy@...ux.intel.com, andrew@...n.ch,
	Bill Pemberton <wfp5p@...ginia.edu>,
	Jingoo Han <jg1.han@...sung.com>,
	linux-mtd@...ts.infradead.org,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mtd: orion_nand: Improve error handling in orion_nand_probe

On Sun, Jun 9, 2013 at 12:08 PM, Emil Goode <emilgoode@...il.com> wrote:
> This patch fixes some issues in the error handling and simplifies
> the code by converting to devm* functions.
>
> If the kzalloc call fails it is unnecessary to use the label no_res
> and pass a NULL pointer to kfree. If the devm_kzalloc call fails on
> line 110 we forgett to call iounmap for the previous ioremap call.

"forget" (typo here)

> The following changes are introduced:
> - Convert to devm_kzalloc and remove calls to kfree.
> - Convert to devm_ioremap_resource that adds a missing call to
>   *request_mem_region and remove calls to iounmap.
> - The devm_ioremap_resource function checks the passed resource so
>   we can remove the NULL check after the platform_get_resource call.

What about another patch (that I guess should go first)  that converts
printk to dev_* or pr_*?

--
With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko
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