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SubjectRe: [PATCH v2 2/3] iommu/tegra-smmu: Rework .probe_device and .attach_dev
On Wed, Sep 30, 2020 at 09:10:38AM +0300, Dmitry Osipenko wrote:
> 30.09.2020 08:49, Nicolin Chen пишет:
> > On Wed, Sep 30, 2020 at 08:11:52AM +0300, Dmitry Osipenko wrote:
> >> 30.09.2020 03:30, Nicolin Chen пишет:
> >>> + /* An invalid mc pointer means mc and smmu drivers are not ready */
> >>> + if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(mc))
> >>
> >> tegra_get_memory_controller() doesn't return NULL.
> >
> > Well, I don't want to assume that it'd do that forever, and the
> > NULL check of IS_ERR_OR_NULL is marked "unlikely" so it doesn't
> > hurt to have.
> >
>
> I don't see any reasons why it won't do that forever.
>
> Secondly, public function can't be changed randomly without updating all
> the callers.
>
> Hence there is no need to handle cases that can't ever happen and it
> hurts readability of the code + original error code is missed.

I don't quite understand why an extra "_OR_NULL" would hurt
readability....but I'd take a step back and use IS_ERR().

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