linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 09/26] ARM: OMAP: dmtimer: Get rid of check for mem resource error

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Message-ID: <20140507152426.GD9502@atomide.com>
Date:	Wed, 7 May 2014 08:24:26 -0700
From:	Tony Lindgren <tony@...mide.com>
To:	Joel Fernandes <joelf@...com>
Cc:	Linux OMAP List <linux-omap@...r.kernel.org>,
	Linux ARM Kernel List <linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 09/26] ARM: OMAP: dmtimer: Get rid of check for mem
 resource error

* Joel Fernandes <joelf@...com> [140424 14:44]:
> The subsequent devm_ioremap_resource will catch it and print an error, let it
> be checked there.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Joel Fernandes <joelf@...com>
> ---
>  arch/arm/plat-omap/dmtimer.c |    4 ----
>  1 file changed, 4 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/arm/plat-omap/dmtimer.c b/arch/arm/plat-omap/dmtimer.c
> index 7e806f9..1fd30fa 100644
> --- a/arch/arm/plat-omap/dmtimer.c
> +++ b/arch/arm/plat-omap/dmtimer.c
> @@ -810,10 +810,6 @@ static int omap_dm_timer_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
>  	}
>  
>  	mem = platform_get_resource(pdev, IORESOURCE_MEM, 0);
> -	if (unlikely(!mem)) {
> -		dev_err(dev, "%s: no memory resource.\n", __func__);
> -		return -ENODEV;
> -	}
>  
>  	timer = devm_kzalloc(dev, sizeof(struct omap_dm_timer), GFP_KERNEL);
>  	if (!timer) {

We still need to return an error here and not try to continue though.

Tony
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