On Mon, 11 Feb 2008 15:57:06 +0530 "Thomas, Sujith" <sujith.thomas@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > From: Thomas Sujith <sujith.thomas@xxxxxxxxx> > > Added sanity checks for interface functions in thermal with > other modules such as fan, processor, video etc.. > > Signed-off-by: Thomas Sujith <sujith.thomas@xxxxxxxxx> > --- > drivers/thermal/thermal.c | 69 > +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----------------- The patch is fairly seriously wordwrapped. > 1 files changed, 44 insertions(+), 25 deletions(-) > > Index: linux-2.6.24-rc3/drivers/thermal/thermal.c > =================================================================== > --- linux-2.6.24-rc3.orig/drivers/thermal/thermal.c > +++ linux-2.6.24-rc3/drivers/thermal/thermal.c > @@ -301,13 +301,27 @@ int thermal_zone_bind_cooling_device(str > { > struct thermal_cooling_device_instance *dev; > struct thermal_cooling_device_instance *pos; > + struct thermal_zone_device *pos1; > + struct thermal_cooling_device *pos2; > int result; > > + if (!tz || !cdev) > + return -EINVAL; Is this change actually needed? It's sloppy for a caller to be passing invalid arguments into a callee, and it's not good for the callee to just hide that sloppiness. > - return NULL; > + return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL); the patch adds several spaces like this in places where we don't normally put them. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-acpi" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html