linux-kernel - Re: [v2] net:ethernet:cavium:octeon:octeon_mgmt: Handle return NULL error from devm

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Date:   Wed, 14 Dec 2016 10:54:00 -0800
From:   Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>
To:     arvind Yadav <arvind.yadav.cs@...il.com>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [v2] net:ethernet:cavium:octeon:octeon_mgmt: Handle return NULL
 error from devm_ioremap

On 12/14/2016 10:39 AM, arvind Yadav wrote:
> Hi David,
> 
> I have gave my comment.
> 
> Thanks
> Arvind
> 
> On Wednesday 14 December 2016 11:44 PM, David Daney wrote:
>> On 12/14/2016 10:06 AM, arvind Yadav wrote:
>>> Yes, I have seen this error. We have a device with very less memory.
>>> Basically it's OMAP2 board. We have to port Android L on this.
>>> It's has 3.10 kernel version. In this device, we were getting Page
>>> allocation failure.
>>
>> This makes absolutely no sense to me.  OCTEON is a mips64 SoC with a
>> ton of memory where ioremap can never fail, and it doesn't run
>> Android, and you are talking about OMAP2.
>           -I just gave as example where i have seen ioremap issue.
> Please don't relate. I know, Now it will not fail.  ioremap will through
> NULL on failure. We should catch this error. Even other driver of MIPS
> soc is having same check. It's just check which will not impact any
> functionality or performance of this driver. It will avoid NULL pointer
> error. We know, if  function is returning any error. we should catch.

Your patch subject should also be changed to insert spaces between
semicolon, so this would be:

net: ethernet: cavium: octeon: octeon_mgmt:
-- 
Florian