linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH linux-next] hwrng: n2-drv - Use device_get_match

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Message-ID: <Y4CDN4eWfXtAKAdN@gondor.apana.org.au>
Date:   Fri, 25 Nov 2022 16:56:23 +0800
From:   Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
To:     ye.xingchen@....com.cn
Cc:     olivia@...enic.com, linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH linux-next] hwrng: n2-drv - Use device_get_match_data()
 to simplify the?? code

On Thu, Nov 17, 2022 at 05:10:15PM +0800, ye.xingchen@....com.cn wrote:
> From: ye xingchen <ye.xingchen@....com.cn>
> 
> Directly get the match data with device_get_match_data().
> 
> Signed-off-by: ye xingchen <ye.xingchen@....com.cn>
> ---
>  drivers/char/hw_random/n2-drv.c | 7 +------
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 6 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/char/hw_random/n2-drv.c b/drivers/char/hw_random/n2-drv.c
> index 73e408146420..2f784addb717 100644
> --- a/drivers/char/hw_random/n2-drv.c
> +++ b/drivers/char/hw_random/n2-drv.c
> @@ -695,20 +695,15 @@ static void n2rng_driver_version(void)
>  static const struct of_device_id n2rng_match[];
>  static int n2rng_probe(struct platform_device *op)
>  {
> -	const struct of_device_id *match;
>  	int err = -ENOMEM;
>  	struct n2rng *np;
> 
> -	match = of_match_device(n2rng_match, &op->dev);
> -	if (!match)
> -		return -EINVAL;
> -
>  	n2rng_driver_version();
>  	np = devm_kzalloc(&op->dev, sizeof(*np), GFP_KERNEL);
>  	if (!np)
>  		goto out;
>  	np->op = op;
> -	np->data = (struct n2rng_template *)match->data;
> +	np->data = (struct n2rng_template *) device_get_match_data(&op->dev);

Please explain why changing the error case is OK.

Thanks,
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