linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] mtd: nand: nandsim: fix error check

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Message-ID: <a8f709f5-ab56-b85b-198a-f5ae36f0442b@gmail.com>
Date:   Thu, 17 Nov 2016 14:21:26 +0100
From:   Marek Vasut <marek.vasut@...il.com>
To:     Sudip Mukherjee <sudipm.mukherjee@...il.com>,
        Boris Brezillon <boris.brezillon@...e-electrons.com>,
        Richard Weinberger <richard@....at>,
        David Woodhouse <dwmw2@...radead.org>,
        Brian Norris <computersforpeace@...il.com>,
        Cyrille Pitchen <cyrille.pitchen@...el.com>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-mtd@...ts.infradead.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mtd: nand: nandsim: fix error check

On 11/16/2016 09:56 PM, Sudip Mukherjee wrote:
> On Wednesday 16 November 2016 04:56 PM, Marek Vasut wrote:
>> On 11/16/2016 08:52 AM, Sudip Mukherjee wrote:
>>> On Tuesday 15 November 2016 11:42 PM, Marek Vasut wrote:
>>>> On 11/16/2016 12:09 AM, Sudip Mukherjee wrote:
>>>>> debugfs_create_dir() and debugfs_create_file() returns NULL on
>>>>> error or
>>>>> a pointer on success. They do not return the error value with ERR_PTR.
>>>>> So we should not check the return with IS_ERR_OR_NULL, instead we
>>>>> should just check for NULL.
>>>>>
>>>>> Signed-off-by: Sudip Mukherjee <sudip.mukherjee@...ethink.co.uk>
>>>>> ---
>>>>>    drivers/mtd/nand/nandsim.c | 9 +++------
>>>>>    1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
>>>>>
>>>>> diff --git a/drivers/mtd/nand/nandsim.c b/drivers/mtd/nand/nandsim.c
>>>>> index c76287a..9b0d79a 100644
>>>>> --- a/drivers/mtd/nand/nandsim.c
>>>>> +++ b/drivers/mtd/nand/nandsim.c
>>>>> @@ -525,15 +525,13 @@ static int nandsim_debugfs_create(struct
>>>>> nandsim *dev)
>>>>>    {
>>>>>        struct nandsim_debug_info *dbg = &dev->dbg;
>>>>>        struct dentry *dent;
>>>>> -    int err;
>>>>> +    int err = -ENODEV;
>>>>
>>>> Why don't you just nuke the err altogether and just return -ENODEV ?
>>>
>>> That was the first version which i made and discarded before sending. I
>>> will go and find it now.
>>
>> Why did you discard it ?
>>
> 
> That is actually a stupid reason. I was confused with the print
> statement which uses err.
> 
> NS_ERR("cannot create \"nandsim\" debugfs directory, err %d\n",
>             err);
> 

Ah, got it, so yeah, nuke the err altogether :)


-- 
Best regards,
Marek Vasut