On Wednesday 08 January 2014 15:29:18 Kishon Vijay Abraham I wrote: > > + hpriv->phy = devm_phy_get(dev, "sata-phy"); > > + if (IS_ERR(hpriv->phy)) { > > + dev_dbg(dev, "can't get sata-phy\n"); > > + /* return only if -EPROBE_DEFER */ > > + if (PTR_ERR(hpriv->phy) == -EPROBE_DEFER) { > > + rc = -EPROBE_DEFER; > > + goto disable_unprepare_clk; > > + } > > + } This should probably check for all errors except "not present" rather than checking for -EPROBE_DEFER. We want to abort the probe function for deferred probe as well as the case where we a PHY was listed but isn't working properly. > > + if (!IS_ERR(hpriv->phy)) { > > + phy_init(hpriv->phy); > > Don't we have to check the return values of phy_init and phy_power_on? Is it > not needed because it is an optional phy? Right. I think we should set hpriv->phy to NULL if it's not there and then call the functions only if it's actually present but bail out on an error. Arnd -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-ide" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html