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SubjectRe: [PATCH] dma: imx-sdma: Add error check on sdma_get_firmware
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On Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 5:38 AM, Sascha Hauer <s.hauer@pengutronix.de> wrote:
...
>> diff --git a/drivers/dma/imx-sdma.c b/drivers/dma/imx-sdma.c
>> index bf736ad..52a4e6a 100644
>> --- a/drivers/dma/imx-sdma.c
>> +++ b/drivers/dma/imx-sdma.c
>> @@ -1388,7 +1388,11 @@ static int __init sdma_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
>>               sdma_add_scripts(sdma, pdata->script_addrs);
>>
>>       if (pdata) {
>> -             sdma_get_firmware(sdma, pdata->fw_name);
>> +             ret = sdma_get_firmware(sdma, pdata->fw_name);
>> +             if (ret) {
>> +                     dev_err(&pdev->dev, "failed to get firmware from pdata\n");
>> +                     goto err_init;
>> +             }
>
> No, you shouldn't bail out here. A failure in sdma_get_firmware only
> means that we don't have the RAM scripts, but we can continue with the
> ROM scripts and still do useful things in the driver.

Ok, the dt case also does a "goto err_init" and I just followed it on
the pdata case.

So I plan to do the following:

1. Send a patch for removing the "goto err_init" from the
sdma_get_firmware error check in the dt case
2. Send a patch that adds the error check for the pdata case.

Regards,

Fabio Estevam
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