linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] regulator: da9055: remove null pointer check on array pdata->regulators

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Date:   Mon, 12 Sep 2016 21:44:15 +0100
From:   Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>
To:     Steve Twiss <stwiss.opensource@...semi.com>,
        Support Opensource <Support.Opensource@...semi.com>,
        Liam Girdwood <lgirdwood@...il.com>,
        Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>
Cc:     "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] regulator: da9055: remove null pointer check on array
 pdata->regulators

On 12/09/16 17:09, Steve Twiss wrote:
> 
> 
> 
> On 08 September 2016 10:47, Colin King wrote:
> 
>> To: Support Opensource; Liam Girdwood; Mark Brown
>> Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
>> Subject: [PATCH] regulator: da9055: remove null pointer check on array pdata->regulators
>>
>> From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>
>>
>> pdata->regulators is an array of DA9052_MAX_REGULATORS struct
>> regulator_init_data pointers hence cannot be null, so the null pointer
>> check on pdata->regulators is redundant.  Remove it.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>
>> ---
>>  drivers/regulator/da9055-regulator.c | 2 +-
>>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/regulator/da9055-regulator.c b/drivers/regulator/da9055-
>> regulator.c
>> index d029c94..a118f63 100644
>> --- a/drivers/regulator/da9055-regulator.c
>> +++ b/drivers/regulator/da9055-regulator.c
>> @@ -612,7 +612,7 @@ static int da9055_regulator_probe(struct
>> platform_device *pdev)
>>  	config.driver_data = regulator;
>>  	config.regmap = da9055->regmap;
>>
>> -	if (pdata && pdata->regulators) {
>> +	if (pdata) {
>>  		config.init_data = pdata->regulators[pdev->id];
>>  	} else {
>>  		ret = da9055_regulator_dt_init(pdev, regulator, &config,
>> --
>> 2.9.3
> 
> Yes, it's true. 
> 
> One my colleagues just pointed out why they had déjà vu.
> 
> May  I refer to the answer that was given back in March,
> https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/8679771/
> 
> Regards,
> Steve
> 
> 
Apologies for the noise. I lost track of my original patch.