On Fri, May 27, 2022 at 01:27:56PM +0530, Shijith Thotton wrote:
> diff --git a/drivers/crypto/marvell/octeontx2/otx2_cptpf_ucode.c b/drivers/crypto/marvell/octeontx2/otx2_cptpf_ucode.c
> index 9cba2f714c7e..b91401929fc6 100644
> --- a/drivers/crypto/marvell/octeontx2/otx2_cptpf_ucode.c
> +++ b/drivers/crypto/marvell/octeontx2/otx2_cptpf_ucode.c
> @@ -1605,7 +1605,11 @@ int otx2_cpt_dl_custom_egrp_create(struct otx2_cptpf_dev *cptpf,
> if (!strncasecmp(val, "se", 2) && strchr(val, ':')) {
> if (has_se || ucode_idx)
> goto err_print;
> - tmp = strim(strsep(&val, ":"));
> + tmp = strsep(&val, ":");
> + if (tmp != NULL)
> + tmp = strim(tmp);
> + else
> + goto err_print;
The check is not needed here, but if it were then the better way to
write this would be:
tmp = strsep(&val, ":");
if (!tmp)
goto err_print;
tmp = strim(tmp);
Always to error handling, not success handling. checkpatch.pl --strict
will complain about the != NULL.
regards,
dan carpenter
