linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH RESEND 6/6] clk: s5p-g2d: Fix incorrect usage of IS_ERR_OR

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Date:	Wed, 2 Jan 2013 09:26:38 +0000
From:	Russell King - ARM Linux <linux@....linux.org.uk>
To:	Dan Carpenter <error27@...il.com>
Cc:	Sylwester Nawrocki <sylvester.nawrocki@...il.com>,
	Tomasz Stanislawski <t.stanislaws@...sung.com>,
	Sergei Shtylyov <sshtylyov@...sta.com>,
	kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Kyungmin Park <kyungmin.park@...sung.com>,
	linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-media@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH RESEND 6/6] clk: s5p-g2d: Fix incorrect usage of
	IS_ERR_OR_NULL

On Wed, Jan 02, 2013 at 08:10:36AM +0300, Dan Carpenter wrote:
> clk_get() returns NULL if CONFIG_HAVE_CLK is disabled.
> 
> I told Tony about this but everyone has been gone with end of year
> holidays so it hasn't been addressed.
> 
> Tony, please fix it so people don't apply these patches until
> clk_get() is updated to not return NULL.  It sucks to have to revert
> patches.

How about people stop using IS_ERR_OR_NULL for stuff which it shouldn't
be used for?
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