linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/1] ACPI: bus.c, fix error handling in acpi_bus

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Date:	Sat, 21 Feb 2009 14:05:30 +0100
From:	Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@...il.com>
To:	Len Brown <lenb@...nel.org>
CC:	linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] ACPI: bus.c, fix error handling in acpi_bus_init

On 21.2.2009 05:58, Len Brown wrote:
> On Sun, 15 Feb 2009, Jiri Slaby wrote:
>
>> There was a misplaced status test. Move it to correct place and
>> rollback appropriately.
>
> hmm, looks like this has been broken since the day
> acpi_os_initialize1() was invented in 2004.

It comes from bitkeeper times, I checked, it looked like a typo.

> Turns out that the bug and its fix are moot, however,
> as acpi_os_initialize1() is hard-coded to return success,
> opting for BUG_ON() if it sees a failure...

BUG_ON is not noreturn e.g. on embedded, anyway it would crash later in 
this case. I was thinking about returning a failure when one of them is 
NULL, but fell back to not do so and check only retval in the caller.

> So unless that changes, I'd prefer to keep the code
> simple and just not check its status -- which is effectively
> what we're doing right now.

Ok, no problem. Will repost.

Thanks.
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