linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 16/18] leds: tca6507: switch to device_for_each_child_node

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Date: Sat, 23 Nov 2024 21:40:05 +0200
From: Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@...il.com>
To: Javier Carrasco <javier.carrasco.cruz@...il.com>
Cc: Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>, Lee Jones <lee@...nel.org>,
	Matthias Brugger <matthias.bgg@...il.com>,
	AngeloGioacchino Del Regno <angelogioacchino.delregno@...labora.com>,
	Gene Chen <gene_chen@...htek.com>,
	Jacek Anaszewski <jacek.anaszewski@...il.com>,
	Bartosz Golaszewski <brgl@...ev.pl>, Chen-Yu Tsai <wens@...e.org>,
	Jernej Skrabec <jernej.skrabec@...il.com>,
	Samuel Holland <samuel@...lland.org>,
	Jonathan Cameron <Jonathan.Cameron@...wei.com>,
	linux-leds@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
	linux-mediatek@...ts.infradead.org, linux-sunxi@...ts.linux.dev
Subject: Re: [PATCH 16/18] leds: tca6507: switch to
 device_for_each_child_node_scoped()

Fri, Sep 27, 2024 at 01:21:07AM +0200, Javier Carrasco kirjoitti:
> Switch to device_for_each_child_node_scoped() to simplify the code by
> removing the need for calls to fwnode_handle_put() in the error path.
> 
> This also prevents possible memory leaks if new error paths are added
> without the required call to fwnode_handle_put().

...

>  		ret = fwnode_property_read_u32(child, "reg", &reg);
> -		if (ret || reg >= NUM_LEDS) {
> -			fwnode_handle_put(child);
> +		if (ret || reg >= NUM_LEDS)
>  			return ERR_PTR(ret ? : -EINVAL);
> -		}

It's now two nested conditionals instead of two independent ones:

		if (ret)
			return ERR_PTR(ret);
		if (reg >= NUM_LEDS)
			return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);

I believe my wariant is much better to read, understand, and maintain.

-- 
With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko