linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v11 10/27] iommu/exynos: use managed device helper functions

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Message-id: <5328625B.508@samsung.com>
Date:	Tue, 18 Mar 2014 16:12:27 +0100
From:	Tomasz Figa <t.figa@...sung.com>
To:	Cho KyongHo <pullip.cho@...sung.com>
Cc:	Linux ARM Kernel <linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
	Linux DeviceTree <devicetree@...r.kernel.org>,
	Linux IOMMU <iommu@...ts.linux-foundation.org>,
	Linux Kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Linux Samsung SOC <linux-samsung-soc@...r.kernel.org>,
	Antonios Motakis <a.motakis@...tualopensystems.com>,
	Grant Grundler <grundler@...omium.org>,
	Joerg Roedel <joro@...tes.org>,
	Kukjin Kim <kgene.kim@...sung.com>,
	Prathyush <prathyush.k@...sung.com>,
	Rahul Sharma <rahul.sharma@...sung.com>,
	Sachin Kamat <sachin.kamat@...aro.org>,
	Sylwester Nawrocki <s.nawrocki@...sung.com>,
	Varun Sethi <Varun.Sethi@...escale.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v11 10/27] iommu/exynos: use managed device helper functions

On 18.03.2014 11:38, Cho KyongHo wrote:
> On Fri, 14 Mar 2014 14:28:36 +0100, Tomasz Figa wrote:
>> Hi KyongHo,
>>
>> On 14.03.2014 06:05, Cho KyongHo wrote:
>>> This patch uses managed device helper functions in the probe().
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Cho KyongHo <pullip.cho@...sung.com>
>>> ---
>>>    drivers/iommu/exynos-iommu.c |   64 +++++++++++++++++-------------------------
>>>    1 file changed, 26 insertions(+), 38 deletions(-)
>>>
>>> diff --git a/drivers/iommu/exynos-iommu.c b/drivers/iommu/exynos-iommu.c
>>> index 36e6b73..33b424d 100644
>>> --- a/drivers/iommu/exynos-iommu.c
>>> +++ b/drivers/iommu/exynos-iommu.c
>>> @@ -499,51 +499,48 @@ void exynos_sysmmu_tlb_invalidate(struct device *dev)
>>>
>>>    static int exynos_sysmmu_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
>>>    {
>>> -	int ret;
>>> +	int irq, ret;
>>>    	struct device *dev = &pdev->dev;
>>>    	struct sysmmu_drvdata *data;
>>>    	struct resource *res;
>>>
>>> -	data = kzalloc(sizeof(*data), GFP_KERNEL);
>>> -	if (!data) {
>>> -		dev_dbg(dev, "Not enough memory\n");
>>> -		ret = -ENOMEM;
>>> -		goto err_alloc;
>>> -	}
>>> +	data = devm_kzalloc(dev, sizeof(*data), GFP_KERNEL);
>>> +	if (!data)
>>> +		return -ENOMEM;
>>>
>>>    	res = platform_get_resource(pdev, IORESOURCE_MEM, 0);
>>>    	if (!res) {
>>> -		dev_dbg(dev, "Unable to find IOMEM region\n");
>>> -		ret = -ENOENT;
>>> -		goto err_init;
>>> +		dev_err(dev, "Unable to find IOMEM region\n");
>>> +		return -ENOENT;
>>>    	}
>>
>> No need to check for error and print message, because
>> devm_ioremap_resource() already checks the passed resource and handles
>> error cases.
>>
>
> Yes but devm_ioremap_resource() just tells that the given 'res' is not
> correct. I think the message in the driver is more informative.

The common practice used in Linux kernel is to not duplicate such 
messages. It is obvious that devm_ioremap_resource() printing such 
message is related to an IOMEM resource anyway, as you can't used it 
with other types of resources.

Best regards,
Tomasz
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