RE: [PATCH v2] input: tegra-kbc - Add tegra keyboard driver

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> From: linux-kernel-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:linux-kernel-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
> Behalf Of Randy Dunlap
> Sent: Thursday, January 06, 2011 2:27 PM
> To: Jesper Juhl
> Cc: Rakesh Iyer; tsoni@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx; shubhrajyoti@xxxxxx; ccross@xxxxxxxxxxx;
> konkers@xxxxxxxxxxx; olof@xxxxxxxxx; Andrew Chew; linux-tegra@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; linux-
> kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; linux-input@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] input: tegra-kbc - Add tegra keyboard driver
> 
> On Thu, 6 Jan 2011 23:15:01 +0100 (CET) Jesper Juhl wrote:
> 
> > > +fail:
> > > +	if (kbc->irq >= 0)
> > > +		free_irq(kbc->irq, pdev);
> > > +	if (kbc->idev)
> > > +		input_free_device(kbc->idev);
> >
> > As far as I can tell input_free_device() deals gracefully with being
> > passed a null pointer, so the 'if' seems superfluous.
> >
> >
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> > Jesper Juhl <jj@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>            http://www.chaosbits.net/
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> > Plain text mails only, please.
> + Please trim replies to the relevant part(s) of patches.
> 
> 
> thnx,
> ---
> ~Randy
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Is having this check really an issue? 
Can't input_free_device change in the future so that NULL as a parameter does cause undesirable side-effects?

Regards
Rakesh
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