netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 2/6] net: pcs: xpcs: add xpcs_create

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Date: Mon, 29 May 2023 19:27:41 +0300
From: Vladimir Oltean <olteanv@...il.com>
To: Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
Cc: "Russell King (Oracle)" <rmk+kernel@...linux.org.uk>,
	Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@...il.com>,
	Jiawen Wu <jiawenwu@...stnetic.com>,
	Maxime Chevallier <maxime.chevallier@...tlin.com>,
	Simon Horman <simon.horman@...igine.com>,
	Jose Abreu <Jose.Abreu@...opsys.com>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
	Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>, Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 2/6] net: pcs: xpcs: add xpcs_create_mdiodev()

On Mon, May 29, 2023 at 05:25:45PM +0200, Andrew Lunn wrote:
> >  void xpcs_destroy(struct dw_xpcs *xpcs)
> >  {
> > +	if (xpcs)
> > +		mdio_device_put(xpcs->mdiodev);
> >  	kfree(xpcs);
> >  }
> 
> Nit:
> 
> Is the if () needed? Can destroy be called if create was not
> successful?

No, xpcs_destroy() shouldn't be (and isn't) called if xpcs_create()
or xpcs_create_mdiodev() wasn't successful. If it was, it would be
an indication of sloppy coding style, which can easily be avoided
for minor things like this.