linux-kernel - Re: ERR_PTR(0) in a couple of places

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Date:   Sun, 24 Sep 2023 21:25:29 -0700
From:   Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>
To:     Matthew Brost <matthew.brost@...el.com>,
        "Dr. David Alan Gilbert" <dave@...blig.org>
Cc:     mgreer@...malcreek.com, krzysztof.kozlowski@...aro.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, airlied@...il.com,
        intel-gfx@...ts.freedesktop.org
Subject: Re: ERR_PTR(0) in a couple of places



On 9/24/23 21:18, Matthew Brost wrote:
> On Sun, Sep 24, 2023 at 12:41:07AM +0000, Dr. David Alan Gilbert wrote:
>> Hi,
>>   I randomly noticed there are a couple of places in the kernel that
>> do
>>    ERR_PTR(0);
>>
>> and thought that was odd - shouldn't those just be NULL's ?
>>
>> 1) i915
>>   drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/uc/selftest_guc_multi_lrc.c : 47
>>
>>     if (i <= 1)
>>       return ERR_PTR(0);
> 
> Yes, s/ERR_PTR(0)/ERR_PTR(NULL)/
> 
> Matt

I agree with Dave's original suggestion since casting NULL isn't needed.

> 
>>
>>   from f9d72092cb490 
>>
>> 2) trf7970a
>>   drivers/nfc/trf7970a.c : 896
>>
>>       trf->ignore_timeout =
>>          !cancel_delayed_work(&trf->timeout_work);
>>       trf->rx_skb = ERR_PTR(0);
>>       trf7970a_send_upstream(trf);
>>
>>    from 1961843ceeca0
>>
>> Dave
>> -- 
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-- 
~Randy