linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 1/5] pwm: dwc: drop redundant error check

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Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2024 18:20:15 +0100
From: Uwe Kleine-König <u.kleine-koenig@...gutronix.de>
To: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>
Cc: Raag Jadav <raag.jadav@...el.com>, jarkko.nikula@...ux.intel.com, 
	mika.westerberg@...ux.intel.com, lakshmi.sowjanya.d@...el.com, linux-pwm@...r.kernel.org, 
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/5] pwm: dwc: drop redundant error check

Hello Andy,

On Thu, Feb 15, 2024 at 03:36:12PM +0200, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 15, 2024 at 10:22:57AM +0100, Uwe Kleine-König wrote:
> > If a driver author knows it while writing the code, it's obvious. But if
> > the driver author looks again in 2 years or someone else (e.g. me with
> > the PWM maintainer hat on and with little pci experience) that knowledge
> > might be faded.
> 
> This is widely used pattern. Anybody who works with Git should know how
> to use `git grep` tool. If in doubts, always can ask in the mailing lists.

IMHO you're assuming to much. If someone sees this pattern and quickly
looks at the implementation of pcim_iomap_table() they might (as I did)
conclude that this call should be error checked. If they send a patch in
say 2 years I think I won't remember this discussion/patch and happily
accept this patch. And I probably won't get enough doubts to start
grepping around.

> I still consider it redundant.
> 
> P.S. That's what you call "bikeshedding" (done by yourself here)?

I can understand that you consider that bikeshedding given that for you
it's obvious that the second function cannot fail. For me it's not and I
take this as a hint that it's not obvious for everyone.

Best regards
Uwe

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