linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] drm/vc4: simplify exit path of a failed allocation of dsi

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Date:   Mon, 6 Feb 2017 09:48:18 -0200
From:   Gustavo Padovan <gustavo@...ovan.org>
To:     Colin King <colin.king@...onical.com>
Cc:     Eric Anholt <eric@...olt.net>, David Airlie <airlied@...ux.ie>,
        dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org, kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] drm/vc4: simplify exit path of a failed allocation of
 dsi_connector

Hi Colin,

2017-02-03 Colin King <colin.king@...onical.com>:

> From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>
> 
> If dsi_connector fails to allocate, the exit path via label 'fail'
> checks if connector is null, which it always is, so the cleanup
> that destroys connector is never going to be called.  Hence the
> failure path can be more optimally performed by removing this
> and just returning ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM).  This also removes the need
> to initialize connector to NULL, and we can also remove ret too.
> 
> Detected by CoverityScan, CID#1399504 ("Logicall Dead Code")
> 
> Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>
> ---
>  drivers/gpu/drm/vc4/vc4_dsi.c | 16 ++++------------
>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)

Reviewed-by: Gustavo Padovan <gustavo.padovan@...labora.com>

Gustavo