linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] leds-88pm860x: use the goto label at data->port

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Message-ID: <CAK5ve-JLhbGF0NmeEfUGW1UoRZnyJ7N=iRX6Ed+NDYTqYQq19g@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Mon, 2 Jul 2012 17:58:48 +0800
From:	Bryan Wu <bryan.wu@...onical.com>
To:	"devendra.aaru" <devendra.aaru@...il.com>
Cc:	Richard Purdie <rpurdie@...ys.net>, linux-leds@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] leds-88pm860x: use the goto label at data->port

On Mon, Jul 2, 2012 at 5:16 PM, devendra.aaru <devendra.aaru@...il.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 2, 2012 at 2:35 PM, Bryan Wu <bryan.wu@...onical.com> wrote:
>> On Mon, Jul 2, 2012 at 4:22 PM, Devendra Naga <devendra.aaru@...il.com> wrote:
>>> at the goto lable out: we are doing free of the led data, and returning ret.
>>> the same we are doing at the data->port < 0 case, so use the goto end and
>>> assign ret to -EINVAL. this will make the common err path for the
>>> data->port and led_classdev_register functions.
>>>
>>
>> This patch is not wrong, but it'd better we replace kzalloc/kfree to
>> devm_kzalloc. So we don't care about kfree anymore.
>> Are interested in doing that?
>>
> I have a doubt,
>
> I think the dev pointer is chip->dev for using devm_* ?
>
        data = devm_kzalloc(&pdev->dev, sizeof(struct pm860x_led), GFP_KERNEL);

You can simply just use pdev->dev, right?

-Bryan

> please suggest me if i am wrong.
>> Thanks,
>> -Bryan
>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Devendra Naga <devendra.aaru@...il.com>
>>> ---
>>>  drivers/leds/leds-88pm860x.c |    4 ++--
>>>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>>>
>>> diff --git a/drivers/leds/leds-88pm860x.c b/drivers/leds/leds-88pm860x.c
>>> index 5b61aaf..538aaa3 100644
>>> --- a/drivers/leds/leds-88pm860x.c
>>> +++ b/drivers/leds/leds-88pm860x.c
>>> @@ -220,8 +220,8 @@ static int pm860x_led_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
>>>         data->port = pdata->flags;
>>>         if (data->port < 0) {
>>>                 dev_err(&pdev->dev, "check device failed\n");
>>> -               kfree(data);
>>> -               return -EINVAL;
>>> +               ret = -EINVAL;
>>> +               goto out;
>>>         }
>>>
>>>         data->current_brightness = 0;
>>> --
>>> 1.7.9.5
>>>
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>>
>>
>> --
>> Bryan Wu <bryan.wu@...onical.com>
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>
> Thanks,
> Devendra.
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