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SubjectRe: qustion about eeh_add_virt_device
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On Sun, 2017-08-13 at 16:54 +0200, Julia Lawall wrote:
> Hello,

Hello, sorry for the delayed response.

>
> At the suggestion of Christoph Hellwig, I am working on inlining the
> functions stored in the err_handler field of a pci_driver structure into
> the pci_driver structure itself. A number of functions in the file
> arch/powerpc/kernel/eeh_driver.c have code like:
>
> if (!driver->err_handler ||
> !driver->err_handler->error_detected) {
> eeh_pcid_put(dev);
> return NULL;
> }
>
> This I would just convert to:
>
> if (!driver->error_detected) {
> eeh_pcid_put(dev);
> return NULL;
> }
>
> But I am not sure what is best to do about eeh_add_virt_device, which
> contains:
>
> if (driver->err_handler)
> return NULL;
>
> Should I try to find a subfield of the err_handler that is guaranteed to
> be there if anything is there? Or could the test just be dropped, leaving
> a direct return NULL?

I believe the test can be dropped.

- Russell

>
> thanks,
> julia

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