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SubjectRe: [PATCH v2 4/6] clk: ingenic: Add JZ47xx TCU clocks driver
On 01/02, Paul Cercueil wrote:
> >> + goto err_free_tcu;
> >> + }
> >> +
> >> + tcu->clocks.clk_num = nb_clks;
> >> + tcu->clocks.clks = kcalloc(nb_clks, sizeof(struct clk *),
> >>GFP_KERNEL);
> >> + if (!tcu->clocks.clks) {
> >> + pr_err("%s: cannot allocate memory\n", __func__);
> >
> >We don't need allocation error messages. Please run checkpatch.
>
> I did run checkpatch, which warned about this, but that's a false
> positive to me.
> The callback passed to CLK_OF_DECLARE() has a return type void, so
> there's no
> way I can return -ENOMEM, and I don't want the error to be unnoticed.

The kernel typically spews a bunch of information when an
allocation error happens, so your pr_err() will be lost in the
spew, which is why it's not really necessary.

>
> About the other remarks - I agree with you, I'll fix these in the V2.
>

Ok.

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