Hello Luca Ceresoli, The patch 50e4d7a2a667: "mfd: lp87565: Handle optional reset pin" from Feb 26, 2021, leads to the following Smatch static checker warning: drivers/mfd/lp87565.c:76 lp87565_probe() warn: 'lp87565->reset_gpio' could be an error pointer drivers/mfd/lp87565.c 46 static int lp87565_probe(struct i2c_client *client, 47 const struct i2c_device_id *ids) 48 { 49 struct lp87565 *lp87565; 50 const struct of_device_id *of_id; 51 int ret; 52 unsigned int otpid; 53 54 lp87565 = devm_kzalloc(&client->dev, sizeof(*lp87565), GFP_KERNEL); 55 if (!lp87565) 56 return -ENOMEM; 57 58 lp87565->dev = &client->dev; 59 60 lp87565->regmap = devm_regmap_init_i2c(client, &lp87565_regmap_config); 61 if (IS_ERR(lp87565->regmap)) { 62 ret = PTR_ERR(lp87565->regmap); 63 dev_err(lp87565->dev, 64 "Failed to initialize register map: %d\n", ret); 65 return ret; 66 } 67 68 lp87565->reset_gpio = devm_gpiod_get_optional(lp87565->dev, "reset", 69 GPIOD_OUT_LOW); 70 if (IS_ERR(lp87565->reset_gpio)) { 71 ret = PTR_ERR(lp87565->reset_gpio); 72 if (ret == -EPROBE_DEFER) 73 return ret; Only "ret = -EPROBE_DEFER" is handled. Other error pointer will lead to a crash. 74 } 75 --> 76 if (lp87565->reset_gpio) { 77 gpiod_set_value_cansleep(lp87565->reset_gpio, 1); 78 /* The minimum assertion time is undocumented, just guess */ 79 usleep_range(2000, 4000); 80 81 gpiod_set_value_cansleep(lp87565->reset_gpio, 0); 82 /* Min 1.2 ms before first I2C transaction */ 83 usleep_range(1500, 3000); 84 } 85 86 ret = regmap_read(lp87565->regmap, LP87565_REG_OTP_REV, &otpid); 87 if (ret) { 88 dev_err(lp87565->dev, "Failed to read OTP ID\n"); 89 return ret; 90 } 91 92 lp87565->rev = otpid & LP87565_OTP_REV_OTP_ID; 93 94 of_id = of_match_device(of_lp87565_match_table, &client->dev); 95 if (of_id) 96 lp87565->dev_type = (enum lp87565_device_type)of_id->data; 97 98 i2c_set_clientdata(client, lp87565); 99 100 return devm_mfd_add_devices(lp87565->dev, PLATFORM_DEVID_AUTO, 101 lp87565_cells, ARRAY_SIZE(lp87565_cells), 102 NULL, 0, NULL); 103 } regards, dan carpenter