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    SubjectRe: [PATCH] mfd: twl-core: One function call less in add_numbered_child() after error detection
    On Tue, 29 Dec 2015, SF Markus Elfring wrote:

    > From: Markus Elfring <elfring@users.sourceforge.net>
    > Date: Tue, 29 Dec 2015 19:29:08 +0100
    >
    > The platform_device_put() function was called in one case by the
    > add_numbered_child() function during error handling even if the passed
    > variable "pdev" contained a null pointer.
    >
    > Implementation details could be improved by the adjustment of jump targets
    > according to the Linux coding style convention.
    >
    > This issue was detected by using the Coccinelle software.
    >
    > Signed-off-by: Markus Elfring <elfring@users.sourceforge.net>
    > ---
    > drivers/mfd/twl-core.c | 21 ++++++++++-----------
    > 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
    >
    > diff --git a/drivers/mfd/twl-core.c b/drivers/mfd/twl-core.c
    > index 831696e..0d9350c 100644
    > --- a/drivers/mfd/twl-core.c
    > +++ b/drivers/mfd/twl-core.c
    > @@ -625,7 +625,7 @@ add_numbered_child(unsigned mod_no, const char *name, int num,
    > if (!pdev) {
    > dev_dbg(&twl->client->dev, "can't alloc dev\n");

    Change this to be dev_err()

    > status = -ENOMEM;
    > - goto err;
    > + goto report_failure;

    ... and just return status from here.

    > }
    >
    > pdev->dev.parent = &twl->client->dev;
    > @@ -634,7 +634,7 @@ add_numbered_child(unsigned mod_no, const char *name, int num,
    > status = platform_device_add_data(pdev, pdata, pdata_len);
    > if (status < 0) {
    > dev_dbg(&pdev->dev, "can't add platform_data\n");
    > - goto err;
    > + goto put_device;
    > }
    > }
    >
    > @@ -647,21 +647,20 @@ add_numbered_child(unsigned mod_no, const char *name, int num,
    > status = platform_device_add_resources(pdev, r, irq1 ? 2 : 1);
    > if (status < 0) {
    > dev_dbg(&pdev->dev, "can't add irqs\n");
    > - goto err;
    > + goto put_device;
    > }
    > }
    >
    > status = platform_device_add(pdev);
    > - if (status == 0)
    > + if (!status) {

    You've changed the way you handle errors from this point. To be more
    consistent it would be better if you checked for status, then jump to
    put_device in the case of a failure, as you do above.

    > device_init_wakeup(&pdev->dev, can_wakeup);
    > -
    > -err:
    > - if (status < 0) {
    > - platform_device_put(pdev);
    > - dev_err(&twl->client->dev, "can't add %s dev\n", name);
    > - return ERR_PTR(status);
    > + return &pdev->dev;
    > }
    > - return &pdev->dev;
    > +put_device:
    > + platform_device_put(pdev);
    > +report_failure:
    > + dev_err(&twl->client->dev, "can't add %s dev\n", name);
    > + return ERR_PTR(status);
    > }
    >
    > static inline struct device *add_child(unsigned mod_no, const char *name,

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