linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/2] thermal: db8500_cpufreq_cooling: remove usage of IS_ERR_OR

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Date:	Fri, 26 Apr 2013 12:19:08 +0200
From:	Fabio Baltieri <fabio.baltieri@...aro.org>
To:	Russell King <rmk@....linux.org.uk>
Cc:	Eduardo Valentin <eduardo.valentin@...com>,
	Zhang Rui <rui.zhang@...el.com>, linux-pm@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Grant Likely <grant.likely@...retlab.ca>,
	Rob Herring <rob.herring@...xeda.com>,
	Hongbo Zhang <hongbo.zhang@...ricsson.com>,
	devicetree-discuss@...ts.ozlabs.org,
	Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] thermal: db8500_cpufreq_cooling: remove usage of
 IS_ERR_OR_NULL()

On Thu, Apr 25, 2013 at 06:46:35PM +0100, Russell King wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 25, 2013 at 10:13:34AM -0400, Eduardo Valentin wrote:
> > diff --git a/drivers/thermal/db8500_cpufreq_cooling.c b/drivers/thermal/db8500_cpufreq_cooling.c
> > index 21419851..786d192 100644
> > --- a/drivers/thermal/db8500_cpufreq_cooling.c
> > +++ b/drivers/thermal/db8500_cpufreq_cooling.c
> > @@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ static int db8500_cpufreq_cooling_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
> >  	cpumask_set_cpu(0, &mask_val);
> >  	cdev = cpufreq_cooling_register(&mask_val);
> >  
> > -	if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(cdev)) {
> > +	if (IS_ERR(cdev)) {
> >  		dev_err(&pdev->dev, "Failed to register cooling device\n");
> >  		return PTR_ERR(cdev);
> 
> Correct.  cpufreq_cooling_register() returns either an error-pointer or
> a valid pointer.

Acked-by: Fabio Baltieri <fabio.baltieri@...aro.org>

...but more of these are going to appear forever, was the proposed
removal of IS_ERR_OR_NULL rejected?  Can't find any new message about
that on the list.

Fabio

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Fabio Baltieri
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