netdev - Re: [PATCH 1/2] net: w5300: Use devm_ioremap

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Date:	Thu, 27 Feb 2014 17:06:41 -0500 (EST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	jg1.han@...sung.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, msink@...monline.ru
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] net: w5300: Use devm_ioremap_resource()

From: Jingoo Han <jg1.han@...sung.com>
Date: Thu, 27 Feb 2014 19:30:04 +0900

> Use devm_ioremap_resource() in order to make the code simpler,
> and remove redundant return value check of platform_get_resource()
> because the value is checked by devm_ioremap_resource().
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jingoo Han <jg1.han@...sung.com>

I think the code with the NULL check removed is harder for semantic
checkers to figure out, because of what will look like a blind
dereference via resource_size(mem).

Unless all semantic checkers are going to learn the complete semantics
of devm_ioremap_resource(), in particular that it will signal an error
on a NULL second argument, and then the semantic checker will see
the complete control flow in the call site, I think we should keep
the NULL check.

Maybe recode this as:

	mem = platform_get_resource(pdev, IORESOURCE_MEM, 0);
	if (!mem)
		return -ENXIO;
	mem_size = resource_size(mem);

	priv->base = devm_ioremap_resource(&pdev->dev, mem);
	if (IS_ERR(priv->base))
		return PTR_ERR(priv->base);

Same goes for your other patch.
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