netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 0/2] net: Use helper function IS_ERR_OR

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Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2023 17:50:13 +0800
From: Ruan Jinjie <ruanjinjie@...wei.com>
To: Leon Romanovsky <leon@...nel.org>
CC: <davem@...emloft.net>, <edumazet@...gle.com>, <kuba@...nel.org>,
	<pabeni@...hat.com>, <lars.povlsen@...rochip.com>,
	<Steen.Hegelund@...rochip.com>, <daniel.machon@...rochip.com>,
	<alexandre.torgue@...s.st.com>, <joabreu@...opsys.com>,
	<mcoquelin.stm32@...il.com>, <horatiu.vultur@...rochip.com>,
	<simon.horman@...igine.com>, <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	<linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
	<linux-stm32@...md-mailman.stormreply.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 0/2] net: Use helper function IS_ERR_OR_NULL()



On 2023/8/17 16:02, Leon Romanovsky wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 17, 2023 at 03:19:39PM +0800, Ruan Jinjie wrote:
>> Use IS_ERR_OR_NULL() instead of open-coding it
>> to simplify the code.
>>
>> Ruan Jinjie (2):
>>   net: microchip: sparx5: Use helper function IS_ERR_OR_NULL()
>>   net: stmmac: Use helper function IS_ERR_OR_NULL()
>>
>>  drivers/net/ethernet/microchip/sparx5/sparx5_tc_flower.c | 2 +-
>>  drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c        | 2 +-
>>  2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>>
> 
> Thanks,
> Reviewed-by: Leon Romanovsky <leonro@...dia.com>
> 
> As a side note, grep of vcap_get_rule() shows that many callers don't
> properly check return value and expect it to be or valid or NULL.

Right! I will try to fix these problems together by the way. Thank you!

> 
> For example this code is not correct:
> drivers/net/ethernet/microchip/lan966x/lan966x_ptp.c
>     61         vrule = vcap_get_rule(lan966x->vcap_ctrl, rule_id);
>     62         if (vrule) {
>     63                 u32 value, mask;
>     64
>     65                 /* Just modify the ingress port mask and exit */
>     66                 vcap_rule_get_key_u32(vrule, VCAP_KF_IF_IGR_PORT_MASK,
>     67                                       &value, &mask);
>     68                 mask &= ~BIT(port->chip_port);
>     69                 vcap_rule_mod_key_u32(vrule, VCAP_KF_IF_IGR_PORT_MASK,
>     70                                       value, mask);
>     71
>     72                 err = vcap_mod_rule(vrule);
>     73                 goto free_rule;
>     74         }
>