Re: [PATCH 01/22] serial: 8250_dw: Add optional reset control support

From: Arnd Bergmann
Date: Fri May 23 2014 - 04:20:13 EST


On Friday 23 May 2014 15:51:04 Chen-Yu Tsai wrote:
> p->regshift = val;
>
> + data->rst = devm_reset_control_get_optional(p->dev, NULL);
> +
> /* clock got configured through clk api, all done */
> if (p->uartclk)
> return 0;
> @@ -362,6 +366,9 @@ static int dw8250_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
> return -ENODEV;
> }
>
> + if (!IS_ERR_OR_NULL(data->rst))
> + reset_control_deassert(data->rst);
> +

You should basically never use IS_ERR_OR_NULL(). devm_reset_control_get_optional()
doesn't return NULL, so IS_ERR() should be safe.

Alternatively, change the code above to set data->rst to NULL if there
is no reset line or error out if you get a different error (e.g. EPROBE_DEFER).

Arnd
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