linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 10/34] [media] DaVinci-VPBE: Check return value of a setup_if_config() call in vpbe_set

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Date:   Thu, 3 Nov 2016 13:20:08 +0100
From:   Hans Verkuil <hverkuil@...all.nl>
To:     SF Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>,
        linux-media@...r.kernel.org, Hans Verkuil <hans.verkuil@...co.com>,
        "Lad, Prabhakar" <prabhakar.csengg@...il.com>,
        Manjunath Hadli <manjunath.hadli@...com>,
        Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@...nel.org>
Cc:     LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org,
        Julia Lawall <julia.lawall@...6.fr>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 10/34] [media] DaVinci-VPBE: Check return value of a
 setup_if_config() call in vpbe_set_output()

On 12/10/16 16:47, SF Markus Elfring wrote:
> From: Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
> Date: Wed, 12 Oct 2016 09:56:56 +0200
>
> * A function was called over the pointer "setup_if_config" in the data
>   structure "venc_platform_data". But the return value was not used so far.
>   Thus assign it to the local variable "ret" which will be checked with
>   the next statement.
>
>   Fixes: 9a7f95ad1c946efdd7a7a72df27db738260a0fd8 ("[media] davinci vpbe: add dm365 VPBE display driver changes")
>
> * Pass a value to this function call without storing it in an intermediate
>   variable before.
>
> * Delete the local variable "if_params" which became unnecessary with
>   this refactoring.
>
> Signed-off-by: Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
> ---
>  drivers/media/platform/davinci/vpbe.c | 5 ++---
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/media/platform/davinci/vpbe.c b/drivers/media/platform/davinci/vpbe.c
> index 19611a2..6e7b0df 100644
> --- a/drivers/media/platform/davinci/vpbe.c
> +++ b/drivers/media/platform/davinci/vpbe.c
> @@ -227,7 +227,6 @@ static int vpbe_set_output(struct vpbe_device *vpbe_dev, int index)
>  			vpbe_current_encoder_info(vpbe_dev);
>  	struct vpbe_config *cfg = vpbe_dev->cfg;
>  	struct venc_platform_data *venc_device = vpbe_dev->venc_device;
> -	u32 if_params;
>  	int enc_out_index;
>  	int sd_index;
>  	int ret = 0;
> @@ -257,8 +256,8 @@ static int vpbe_set_output(struct vpbe_device *vpbe_dev, int index)
>  			goto out;
>  		}
>
> -		if_params = cfg->outputs[index].if_params;
> -		venc_device->setup_if_config(if_params);
> +		ret = venc_device->setup_if_config(cfg
> +						   ->outputs[index].if_params);

Either keep this as one line or keep the if_params temp variable. This 
odd linebreak
is ugly.

Regards,

	Hans

>  		if (ret)
>  			goto out;
>  	}
>