linux-kernel - Re: [RESEND PATCH v3] tpm: st33zp24: remove pointless checks on probe

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Date:   Thu, 8 Dec 2022 10:55:29 +0000
From:   Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko@...nel.org>
To:     Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@...il.com>
Cc:     Peter Huewe <peterhuewe@....de>, Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@...pe.ca>,
        linux-integrity@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RESEND PATCH v3] tpm: st33zp24: remove pointless checks on probe

On Tue, Dec 06, 2022 at 05:44:57PM -0800, Dmitry Torokhov wrote:
> Remove tests for SPI device or I2C client to be non-NULL because
> driver core will never call driver's probe method without having
> a valid device structure.
> 
> Reviewed-by: Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko@...nel.org>
> Signed-off-by: Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@...il.com>
> ---
> 
> v3: no changes
> v2: reworked commit message
> 
> This was a part of a 3-patch series, the first 2 dealt with dropping
> support for platform data and converting the driver to gpiod API, and
> were applied, this one got reviewed-by from Jarkko but for some reason
> was left out.
> 
>  drivers/char/tpm/st33zp24/i2c.c | 6 ------
>  drivers/char/tpm/st33zp24/spi.c | 7 -------
>  2 files changed, 13 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/char/tpm/st33zp24/i2c.c b/drivers/char/tpm/st33zp24/i2c.c
> index 614c7d8ed84f..8156bb2af78c 100644
> --- a/drivers/char/tpm/st33zp24/i2c.c
> +++ b/drivers/char/tpm/st33zp24/i2c.c
> @@ -106,12 +106,6 @@ static int st33zp24_i2c_probe(struct i2c_client *client,
>  {
>  	struct st33zp24_i2c_phy *phy;
>  
> -	if (!client) {
> -		pr_info("%s: i2c client is NULL. Device not accessible.\n",
> -			__func__);
> -		return -ENODEV;
> -	}
> -
>  	if (!i2c_check_functionality(client->adapter, I2C_FUNC_I2C)) {
>  		dev_info(&client->dev, "client not i2c capable\n");
>  		return -ENODEV;
> diff --git a/drivers/char/tpm/st33zp24/spi.c b/drivers/char/tpm/st33zp24/spi.c
> index ff4adbe104cf..2154059f0235 100644
> --- a/drivers/char/tpm/st33zp24/spi.c
> +++ b/drivers/char/tpm/st33zp24/spi.c
> @@ -223,13 +223,6 @@ static int st33zp24_spi_probe(struct spi_device *dev)
>  {
>  	struct st33zp24_spi_phy *phy;
>  
> -	/* Check SPI platform functionnalities */
> -	if (!dev) {
> -		pr_info("%s: dev is NULL. Device is not accessible.\n",
> -			__func__);
> -		return -ENODEV;
> -	}
> -
>  	phy = devm_kzalloc(&dev->dev, sizeof(struct st33zp24_spi_phy),
>  			   GFP_KERNEL);
>  	if (!phy)
> -- 
> 2.39.0.rc0.267.gcb52ba06e7-goog
> 
> 
> -- 
> Dmitry

Thanks, applied.

BR, Jarkko