linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/2] rtc:rtc-digicolor: Use PTR_ERR_OR

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Date:   Tue, 14 Aug 2018 18:15:41 +0200
From:   Alexandre Belloni <alexandre.belloni@...tlin.com>
To:     zhong jiang <zhongjiang@...wei.com>
Cc:     a.zummo@...ertech.it, baruch@...s.co.il, linux-rtc@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] rtc:rtc-digicolor: Use PTR_ERR_OR_ZERO to replace
 the open code

Hi,

On 13/08/2018 19:31:24+0800, zhong jiang wrote:
> PTR_ERR_OR_ZERO has implemented the if(IS_ERR(...)) + PTR_ERR, So
> just replace them rather than duplicating its implement.
> 
> Signed-off-by: zhong jiang <zhongjiang@...wei.com>
> ---
>  drivers/rtc/rtc-digicolor.c | 4 +---
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/rtc/rtc-digicolor.c b/drivers/rtc/rtc-digicolor.c
> index b253bf1..fd6850c 100644
> --- a/drivers/rtc/rtc-digicolor.c
> +++ b/drivers/rtc/rtc-digicolor.c
> @@ -202,10 +202,8 @@ static int __init dc_rtc_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
>  	platform_set_drvdata(pdev, rtc);
>  	rtc->rtc_dev = devm_rtc_device_register(&pdev->dev, pdev->name,
>  						&dc_rtc_ops, THIS_MODULE);
> -	if (IS_ERR(rtc->rtc_dev))
> -		return PTR_ERR(rtc->rtc_dev);
>  
> -	return 0;
> +	return PTR_ERR_OR_ZERO(rtc->rtc_dev);

As many other maintainers, I don't find that kind of change useful and
I'm not taking them unless there are other improvements in the driver.


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Alexandre Belloni, Bootlin
Embedded Linux and Kernel engineering
https://bootlin.com