netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] net: bcmgenet: Remove checks on clock handles

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Date:	Sun, 26 Jul 2015 16:45:02 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	f.fainelli@...il.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, pgynther@...gle.com, jaedon.shin@...il.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] net: bcmgenet: Remove checks on clock handles

From: Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 2015 15:11:54 -0700

> Instead of multiplying the number of checks for IS_ERR(priv->clk),
> simply NULLify the 'struct clk' pointer which is something the Linux
> common clock framework perfectly deals with and does early return for
> each and every single clk_* API functions.
> 
> Having every single function check for !IS_ERR(priv->clk) is both
> redundant and error prone, as it turns out, we were doing it for the
> main GENET clock: priv->clk, but not for the Wake-on-LAN or EEE clock,
> so let's just be consistent here.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>

My understanding is that you will be posting a new version of this
patch updating the cases in bcmgenet_probe() that Patri pointed out.

Right?
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