linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/3] clk: keystone: Fix an error checking

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Date:   Tue, 1 Nov 2016 17:22:29 -0700
From:   Stephen Boyd <sboyd@...eaurora.org>
To:     Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@...adoo.fr>
Cc:     lars@...afoo.de, dan.carpenter@...cle.com, ssantosh@...nel.org,
        mturquette@...libre.com, linux-clk@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] clk: keystone: Fix an error checking

On 10/24, Christophe JAILLET wrote:
> clk_register_pll() can return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM) so checking the return value
> against NULL only is not correct.

The code just doesn't propagate the error up to the caller.
Instead the caller treats NULL as an error and non-NULL as valid.
If the callee detects an error it hides it and returns NULL.

> In order to fix it, update clk_register_pll() to always return an error
> pointer in case of error and check the return value with IS_ERR.
> 
> While at it, also fix a tab vs space in the surrounding code.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@...adoo.fr>
> ---
> Un-compiled and un-tested.

Please at least compile test patches.

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