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Date:	Tue, 27 Dec 2011 17:25:38 +0800
From:	Eric Miao <eric.y.miao@...il.com>
To:	Haojian Zhuang <hzhuang1@...vell.com>
Cc:	Axel Lin <axel.lin@...il.com>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Russell King <linux@....linux.org.uk>,
	"linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org" 
	<linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
	"linux-pcmcia@...ts.infradead.org" <linux-pcmcia@...ts.infradead.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH RESEND] ARM: pxa: fix error handling in pxa2xx_drv_pcmcia_probe

On Tue, Dec 27, 2011 at 5:18 PM, Haojian Zhuang <hzhuang1@...vell.com> wrote:
>
> ________________________________________
> From: Eric Miao [eric.y.miao@...il.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, December 27, 2011 5:11 PM
> To: Axel Lin
> Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org; Haojian Zhuang; Russell King; linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org; linux-pcmcia@...ts.infradead.org
> Subject: Re: [PATCH RESEND] ARM: pxa: fix error handling in pxa2xx_drv_pcmcia_probe
>
> On Tue, Dec 27, 2011 at 4:25 PM, Axel Lin <axel.lin@...il.com> wrote:
>> If pxa2xx_drv_pcmcia_add_one fails, it will go to err1 error path.
>> Add a missing clk_put in the error path.
>>
>> Checking the ret value after the for loop is redundant, it is always false.
>> Thus remove the redundant checking.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Axel Lin <axel.lin@...il.com>
>
> Acked-by: Eric Miao <eric.y.miao@...il.com>
>
>> ---
>>  drivers/pcmcia/pxa2xx_base.c |   12 +++---------
>>  1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/pcmcia/pxa2xx_base.c b/drivers/pcmcia/pxa2xx_base.c
>> index a87e272..64d433e 100644
>> --- a/drivers/pcmcia/pxa2xx_base.c
>> +++ b/drivers/pcmcia/pxa2xx_base.c
>> @@ -328,21 +328,15 @@ static int pxa2xx_drv_pcmcia_probe(struct platform_device *dev)
>>                        goto err1;
>>        }
>>
>> -       if (ret) {
>> -               while (--i >= 0)
>> -                       soc_pcmcia_remove_one(&sinfo->skt[i]);
>> -               kfree(sinfo);
>> -               clk_put(clk);
>> -       } else {
>> -               pxa2xx_configure_sockets(&dev->dev);
>> -               dev_set_drvdata(&dev->dev, sinfo);
>> -       }
>> +       pxa2xx_configure_sockets(&dev->dev);
>> +       dev_set_drvdata(&dev->dev, sinfo);
>>
>>        return 0;
>>
>>  err1:
>>        while (--i >= 0)
>>                soc_pcmcia_remove_one(&sinfo->skt[i]);
>> +       clk_put(clk);
>>        kfree(sinfo);
>>  err0:
>>        return ret;
>> --
>> 1.7.5.4
>>
>>
>>
> Wait a minute.
>
> The original code will check whether pxa2xx_drv_pcmcia_add_one() successful. If it fails, we'll remove all devices that we registered.
>
> But Axel removed these code. Why?

If it fails, it will jump to err1 anyway. The check there is redundant.
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