Hi Shuah, On 06.10.2017 23:30, Shuah Khan wrote: > Check if firmware is allocated before requesting firmware instead of > requesting firmware only to release it if firmware is not allocated. > > Signed-off-by: Shuah Khan <shuahkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > --- > drivers/media/platform/s5p-mfc/s5p_mfc_ctrl.c | 10 +++++----- > 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/drivers/media/platform/s5p-mfc/s5p_mfc_ctrl.c b/drivers/media/platform/s5p-mfc/s5p_mfc_ctrl.c > index 69ef9c2..f064a0d1 100644 > --- a/drivers/media/platform/s5p-mfc/s5p_mfc_ctrl.c > +++ b/drivers/media/platform/s5p-mfc/s5p_mfc_ctrl.c > @@ -55,6 +55,11 @@ int s5p_mfc_load_firmware(struct s5p_mfc_dev *dev) > * into kernel. */ > mfc_debug_enter(); > > + if (!dev->fw_buf.virt) { > + mfc_err("MFC firmware is not allocated\n"); > + return -EINVAL; > + } > + > for (i = MFC_FW_MAX_VERSIONS - 1; i >= 0; i--) { > if (!dev->variant->fw_name[i]) > continue; > @@ -75,11 +80,6 @@ int s5p_mfc_load_firmware(struct s5p_mfc_dev *dev) > release_firmware(fw_blob); > return -ENOMEM; > } > - if (!dev->fw_buf.virt) { > - mfc_err("MFC firmware is not allocated\n"); > - release_firmware(fw_blob); > - return -EINVAL; > - } Is there any scenario in which dev->fw_buf.virt is null and s5p_mfc_load_firmware is called? I suspect this check is not necessary at all. Regards Andrzej > memcpy(dev->fw_buf.virt, fw_blob->data, fw_blob->size); > wmb(); > release_firmware(fw_blob);