| Message ID | E1q56yL-00BsvA-WA@rmk-PC.armlinux.org.uk (mailing list archive) |
|---|---|
| State | Superseded |
| Delegated to: | Netdev Maintainers |
| Headers | show |
| Series | complete Lynx mdio device handling | expand |
| Context | Check | Description |
|---|---|---|
| netdev/series_format | success | Posting correctly formatted |
| netdev/tree_selection | success | Clearly marked for net-next |
| netdev/fixes_present | success | Fixes tag not required for -next series |
| netdev/header_inline | success | No static functions without inline keyword in header files |
| netdev/build_32bit | success | Errors and warnings before: 8 this patch: 8 |
| netdev/cc_maintainers | success | CCed 9 of 9 maintainers |
| netdev/build_clang | success | Errors and warnings before: 8 this patch: 8 |
| netdev/verify_signedoff | success | Signed-off-by tag matches author and committer |
| netdev/deprecated_api | success | None detected |
| netdev/check_selftest | success | No net selftest shell script |
| netdev/verify_fixes | success | No Fixes tag |
| netdev/build_allmodconfig_warn | success | Errors and warnings before: 8 this patch: 8 |
| netdev/checkpatch | success | total: 0 errors, 0 warnings, 0 checks, 32 lines checked |
| netdev/kdoc | success | Errors and warnings before: 0 this patch: 0 |
| netdev/source_inline | success | Was 0 now: 0 |
diff --git a/drivers/net/pcs/pcs-lynx.c b/drivers/net/pcs/pcs-lynx.c index b8c66137e28d..c2d01da40430 100644 --- a/drivers/net/pcs/pcs-lynx.c +++ b/drivers/net/pcs/pcs-lynx.c @@ -313,7 +313,7 @@ static struct phylink_pcs *lynx_pcs_create(struct mdio_device *mdio) lynx = kzalloc(sizeof(*lynx), GFP_KERNEL); if (!lynx) - return NULL; + return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM); mdio_device_get(mdio); lynx->mdio = mdio; @@ -334,12 +334,6 @@ struct phylink_pcs *lynx_pcs_create_mdiodev(struct mii_bus *bus, int addr) pcs = lynx_pcs_create(mdio); - /* Convert failure to create the PCS to an error pointer, so this - * function has a consistent return value strategy. - */ - if (!pcs) - pcs = ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM); - /* lynx_create() has taken a refcount on the mdiodev if it was * successful. If lynx_create() fails, this will free the mdio * device here. In any case, we don't need to hold our reference @@ -363,12 +357,6 @@ struct phylink_pcs *lynx_pcs_create_fwnode(struct fwnode_handle *node) pcs = lynx_pcs_create(mdio); - /* Convert failure to create the PCS to an error pointer, so this - * function has a consistent return value strategy. - */ - if (!pcs) - pcs = ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM); - /* lynx_create() has taken a refcount on the mdiodev if it was * successful. If lynx_create() fails, this will free the mdio * device here. In any case, we don't need to hold our reference
Change lynx_pcs_create() to return an error-pointer on failure to allocate memory, rather than returning NULL. This allows the removal of the conversion in lynx_pcs_create_fwnode() and lynx_pcs_create_mdiodev(). Signed-off-by: Russell King (Oracle) <rmk+kernel@armlinux.org.uk> --- drivers/net/pcs/pcs-lynx.c | 14 +------------- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 13 deletions(-)