Re: [PATCH 1/2] regulator: anatop-regulator: Remove unneeded check

From: Fabio Estevam
Date: Sat Dec 21 2013 - 09:25:55 EST


On Sat, Dec 21, 2013 at 5:49 AM, Shawn Guo <shawn.guo@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Fri, Dec 20, 2013 at 11:42:09AM -0200, Fabio Estevam wrote:
>> From: Fabio Estevam <fabio.estevam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>
>> At the 'anatop_probe_end' error path, the variable 'ret' is known to be
>> non-zero, so there is no need to check it.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Fabio Estevam <fabio.estevam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> ---
>> drivers/regulator/anatop-regulator.c | 3 +--
>> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/regulator/anatop-regulator.c b/drivers/regulator/anatop-regulator.c
>> index c734d09..0a3597b 100644
>> --- a/drivers/regulator/anatop-regulator.c
>> +++ b/drivers/regulator/anatop-regulator.c
>> @@ -211,8 +211,7 @@ static int anatop_regulator_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
>> platform_set_drvdata(pdev, rdev);
>>
>> anatop_probe_end:
>> - if (ret)
>> - kfree(sreg->name);
>> + kfree(sreg->name);
>
> NAK
>
> With the change, a successful probe will end up with calling this
> kfree() as well.

I see. Then we can do this instead, so that the successful probe and
the error path are clearer:

--- a/drivers/regulator/anatop-regulator.c
+++ b/drivers/regulator/anatop-regulator.c
@@ -210,9 +210,10 @@ static int anatop_regulator_probe(struct platform_device *p

platform_set_drvdata(pdev, rdev);

+ return 0;
+
anatop_probe_end:
- if (ret)
- kfree(sreg->name);
+ kfree(sreg->name);

return ret;
}


Regards,

Fabio Estevam
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