Re: [PATCH 1/3] clk: keystone: Fix an error checking

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On 10/24, Christophe JAILLET wrote:
> clk_register_pll() can return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM) so checking the return value
> against NULL only is not correct.

The code just doesn't propagate the error up to the caller.
Instead the caller treats NULL as an error and non-NULL as valid.
If the callee detects an error it hides it and returns NULL.

> In order to fix it, update clk_register_pll() to always return an error
> pointer in case of error and check the return value with IS_ERR.
> 
> While at it, also fix a tab vs space in the surrounding code.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> Un-compiled and un-tested.

Please at least compile test patches.

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