RE: [PATCH v1 platform-next 0/2] platform/x86: Mellanox: add new features

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Monday, May 06, 2019 3:07 PM
> To: Vadim Pasternak <vadimp@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Darren Hart <dvhart@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>; Platform Driver <platform-driver-
> x86@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; michealsh@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [PATCH v1 platform-next 0/2] platform/x86: Mellanox: add new
> features
> 
> On Mon, May 6, 2019 at 1:12 PM Vadim Pasternak <vadimp@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
> 
> > > > > I have added one patch on top, please, check if it's okay with you.
> 
> > > http://git.infradead.org/linux-platform-drivers-
> > > x86.git/commit/771fb643f668527985addad2e40b4dc17bac9170
> 
> > I am not sure about this:
> >         for (i = MLXPLAT_CPLD_WD_MAX_DEVS - 1; i >= 0 ; i--) {
> > -               if (mlxplat_wd_data[i])
> > -                       platform_device_unregister(priv->pdev_wd[i]);
> > -       }
> > +               platform_device_unregister(priv->pdev_wd[i]);
> >
> > For some systems we have only one watchdog instance:
> > mlxplat_wd_data[0] = &mlxplat_mlxcpld_wd_set_type1[0]; while for
> > others two instances
> >         for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(mlxplat_mlxcpld_wd_set_type2); i++)
> >                 mlxplat_wd_data[i] = &mlxplat_mlxcpld_wd_set_type2[i];
> >
> > So, in the first case we will have NULL for
> > platform_device_unregister(priv->pdev_wd[1]);
> 
> The following commit adds an IS_ERR() check on top for long existing NULL
> check.
> The latter is what you are trying to do and effectively means double check for
> NULL.
> 
> commit 99fef587ff98894426d9bf1f5b7336345052d4b3
> Author: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date:   Mon Dec 3 20:21:41 2018 +0200
> 
>    driver core: platform: Respect return code of platform_device_register_full()

O, yes, I see.
So all is OK.


> 
> --
> With Best Regards,
> Andy Shevchenko




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