[PATCH 3/6] clk: Fix error handling in clk_get_parent()
Michal Suchánek
msuchanek at suse.de
Mon Feb 20 11:39:22 CET 2023
On Sun, Feb 19, 2023 at 11:59:36PM -0600, Samuel Holland wrote:
> Do not return both NULL and error pointers. The function is only
> documented as returning error pointers.
>
> Fixes: 8a1661f20e6c ("drivers: clk: Handle gracefully NULL pointers")
> Signed-off-by: Samuel Holland <samuel at sholland.org>
> ---
>
> drivers/clk/clk-uclass.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/clk/clk-uclass.c b/drivers/clk/clk-uclass.c
> index 78299dbceb2..5bce976b060 100644
> --- a/drivers/clk/clk-uclass.c
> +++ b/drivers/clk/clk-uclass.c
> @@ -490,7 +490,7 @@ struct clk *clk_get_parent(struct clk *clk)
>
> debug("%s(clk=%p)\n", __func__, clk);
> if (!clk_valid(clk))
> - return NULL;
> + return ERR_PTR(-ENODEV);
>
> pdev = dev_get_parent(clk->dev);
> if (!pdev)
Do we really need this?
Who cares about the distinction?
Just returning NULL on any error makes the code so much simpler and
easier to understand.
Thanks
Michal
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