linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] regulator: da9052: remove null pointer check on array pdata->regulators

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Date:   Tue, 13 Sep 2016 00:51:42 +0100
From:   Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>
To:     Colin King <colin.king@...onical.com>
Cc:     Support Opensource <support.opensource@...semi.com>,
        Liam Girdwood <lgirdwood@...il.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] regulator: da9052: remove null pointer check on array
 pdata->regulators

On Thu, Sep 08, 2016 at 11:07:36AM +0100, Colin King wrote:

> 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.

> -	if (pdata && pdata->regulators) {
> +	if (pdata) {

What is the benefit of this change?  Due to the way C handles arrays and
pointers one can't immediately tell without opening up the header file
if regulators is a pointer to an array or an embedded array so it's more
work to read and since this is the probe path it's unlikely to be a
meaningful speed improvement even if the compiler doesn't figure it out
at build time.

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