On Fri, Feb 16, 2018 at 12:47 PM, Hans de Goede <hdegoede@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> From: Heikki Krogerus <heikki.krogerus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> In order to allow the USB Type-C Class driver take care of
> things like muxes and other possible dependencies for the
> port drivers, returning ERR_PTR instead of NULL from the
> registration functions in case of failure.
>
> The reason for taking over control of the muxes for example
> is because handling them in the port drivers would be just
> boilerplate.
> void typec_unregister_altmode(struct typec_altmode *alt)
> {
> - if (alt)
> - device_unregister(&alt->dev);
> + device_unregister(&alt->dev);
> }
But it's a pattern to guarantee that unregister type of functions are
NULL (or ERR_PTR) aware.
> void typec_unregister_partner(struct typec_partner *partner)
> {
> - if (partner)
> - device_unregister(&partner->dev);
> + device_unregister(&partner->dev);
> }
Ditto.
--
With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko
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