On Wed, 25 Aug 2021 17:24:50 +0200
Miquel Raynal <miquel.raynal@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Allocating the driver structure should be done earlier in the probe so
> that we can used its members from the beginning.
>
> Signed-off-by: Miquel Raynal <miquel.raynal@xxxxxxxxxxx>
No problem with this, but I would expect either this patch or the one
immediately after it to actually take advantage of this being
available earlier in probe().
As things stand it's not clear to a reviewer that this is actually
a useful bit of refactoring.
> ---
> drivers/mfd/ti_am335x_tscadc.c | 14 +++++++-------
> 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/mfd/ti_am335x_tscadc.c b/drivers/mfd/ti_am335x_tscadc.c
> index 8e86b766b619..0fef35e1e64b 100644
> --- a/drivers/mfd/ti_am335x_tscadc.c
> +++ b/drivers/mfd/ti_am335x_tscadc.c
> @@ -124,6 +124,13 @@ static int ti_tscadc_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
> int tsc_wires = 0, adc_channels = 0, readouts = 0;
> int total_channels, clock_rate, ctrl, err;
>
> + /* Allocate memory for device */
> + tscadc = devm_kzalloc(&pdev->dev, sizeof(*tscadc), GFP_KERNEL);
> + if (!tscadc)
> + return -ENOMEM;
> +
> + tscadc->dev = &pdev->dev;
> +
> if (!pdev->dev.of_node) {
> dev_err(&pdev->dev, "Could not find valid DT data.\n");
> return -EINVAL;
> @@ -159,13 +166,6 @@ static int ti_tscadc_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
> return -EINVAL;
> }
>
> - /* Allocate memory for device */
> - tscadc = devm_kzalloc(&pdev->dev, sizeof(*tscadc), GFP_KERNEL);
> - if (!tscadc)
> - return -ENOMEM;
> -
> - tscadc->dev = &pdev->dev;
> -
> err = platform_get_irq(pdev, 0);
> if (err < 0) {
> dev_err(&pdev->dev, "no irq ID is specified.\n");
