On Thu, Apr 04, 2024 at 04:58:27PM +0200, Nuno Sá wrote: > On Thu, 2024-04-04 at 15:23 +0300, Andy Shevchenko wrote: > > On Thu, Apr 04, 2024 at 01:06:25PM +0200, Nuno Sa wrote: > > > Using dev_errp_probe() to simplify the code. ... > > > + if (IS_ERR(fwnode)) > > > + return dev_errp_probe(dev, PTR_ERR(fwnode), > > > + "Cannot get Firmware reference\n"); > > > > ERR_CAST() seems quite good candidate to have here. > > > > return dev_errp_probe(dev, fwnode, "Cannot get Firmware > > reference\n"); > > > > (Assuming dev_errp_probe() magically understands that, note you may have it as > > a macro and distinguish parameter type with _Generic() or so and behave > > differently: ERR_PTR() vs. ERR_CAST(), see acpi_dev_hid_uid_match() > > implementation, but also keep in mind that it doesn't distinguish NULL/0, > > there > > is a patch available in the mailing list to fix that, though.) > > Do we care that much for going with that trouble? I don't think we do. We are not supposed to be called with ret == 0/NULL. That's why I pointed out to the current version. > I understand like this we go > PTR_ERR() to then comeback to ERR_PTR() but this for probe() which is not a > fastpath. So perhaps we could just keep it simple? It's not about performance, it's about readability. See the difference between yours and mine. -- With Best Regards, Andy Shevchenko
