linux-kernel - clk: bcm2835: Checking a clk_register() call in bcm2835_clk

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Message-ID: <522fb1f3-d710-2f86-60b1-4224b8d3d17a@web.de>
Date:   Fri, 18 Oct 2019 20:42:27 +0200
From:   Markus Elfring <Markus.Elfring@....de>
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        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
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        kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org, Aditya Pakki <pakki001@....edu>,
        Kangjie Lu <kjlu@....edu>, Navid Emamdoost <emamd001@....edu>,
        Stephen McCamant <smccaman@....edu>
Subject: clk: bcm2835: Checking a clk_register() call in bcm2835_clk_probe()

Hello,

I tried another script for the semantic patch language out.
This source code analysis approach points out that the implementation
of the function “bcm2835_clk_probe” contains still
an unchecked call of the member function “clk_register”.
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/drivers/clk/bcm/clk-bcm2835.c?id=7571438a4868e7cb09d698ab52e54f9722020eef#n2243
https://elixir.bootlin.com/linux/v5.4-rc2/source/drivers/clk/bcm/clk-bcm2835.c#L2243

How do you think about to improve it?

* Which error code would you like to return for a failed
  clock registration at this place?

* Will it be needed to delete any information about clocks
  as exception handling?

Regards,
Markus