linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 00/15] trivial: Drop unlikely before IS_ERR(_OR

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Date:	Tue, 4 Aug 2015 07:49:49 +0530
From:	Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@...aro.org>
To:	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
Cc:	"Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill@...temov.name>,
	Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@...e.cz>, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
	linaro-kernel@...ts.linaro.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Hans Ulli Kroll <ulli.kroll@...glemail.com>,
	Alexandre Belloni <alexandre.belloni@...e-electrons.com>,
	Oleg Drokin <oleg.drokin@...el.com>,
	Andreas Dilger <andreas.dilger@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 00/15] trivial: Drop unlikely before IS_ERR(_OR_NULL)

On 03-08-15, 17:38, Steven Rostedt wrote:
> On Fri, 31 Jul 2015 13:23:10 +0300
> "Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill@...temov.name> wrote:
> > We have two cases in code:
> > 
> > drivers/rtc/rtc-gemini.c:       if (likely(IS_ERR(rtc->rtc_dev)))
> > drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/obdclass/lu_object.c:     if (likely(IS_ERR(shadow) && PTR_ERR(shadow) == -ENOENT)) {
> > 
> > The first one is mistake, I think. Or do we expect rtc_device_register()
> > to fail?
> > 
> > The second is redundant. "if (PTR_ERR(shadow) == -ENOENT)" should do the
> > job.
> > 
> 
> Yep, those look like bugs to me.

Yeah, I have fixed both of them :)

-- 
viresh
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