linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] coresight: cti: remove incorrect NULL return check

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Date:   Tue, 12 May 2020 12:00:21 -0600
From:   Mathieu Poirier <mathieu.poirier@...aro.org>
To:     Calvin Johnson <calvin.johnson@....nxp.com>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc:     Mike Leach <mike.leach@...aro.org>, linux.cj@...il.com,
        Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@...ux.intel.com>,
        Suzuki K Poulose <suzuki.poulose@....com>,
        linux-arm-kernel <linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] coresight: cti: remove incorrect NULL return check

Hi Greg,

On Wed, 6 May 2020 at 23:36, Calvin Johnson <calvin.johnson@....nxp.com> wrote:
>
> fwnode_find_reference() doesn't return NULL and hence that check
> should be avoided.
>
> Signed-off-by: Calvin Johnson <calvin.johnson@....nxp.com>
> Reviewed-by: Mathieu Poirier <mathieu.poirier@...aro.org>

I just noticed you were not CC'ed on the original conversation Calvin
and I had and as such you probably don't know what to do with this
patch.  Please see if you can pick it up as a fix for 5.7.  If that is
not possible I will queue it up for inclusion in the 5.8 cycle.

Thanks,
Mathieu

> ---
>
>  drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-cti-platform.c | 4 ++--
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-cti-platform.c b/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-cti-platform.c
> index b44d83142b62..2fdaeec80ee5 100644
> --- a/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-cti-platform.c
> +++ b/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-cti-platform.c
> @@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ static int cti_plat_create_v8_etm_connection(struct device *dev,
>
>         /* Can optionally have an etm node - return if not  */
>         cs_fwnode = fwnode_find_reference(root_fwnode, CTI_DT_CSDEV_ASSOC, 0);
> -       if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(cs_fwnode))
> +       if (IS_ERR(cs_fwnode))
>                 return 0;
>
>         /* allocate memory */
> @@ -393,7 +393,7 @@ static int cti_plat_create_connection(struct device *dev,
>                 /* associated device ? */
>                 cs_fwnode = fwnode_find_reference(fwnode,
>                                                   CTI_DT_CSDEV_ASSOC, 0);
> -               if (!IS_ERR_OR_NULL(cs_fwnode)) {
> +               if (!IS_ERR(cs_fwnode)) {
>                         assoc_name = cti_plat_get_csdev_or_node_name(cs_fwnode,
>                                                                      &csdev);
>                         fwnode_handle_put(cs_fwnode);
> --
> 2.17.1
>