Re: [PATCH v2] PCI: brcmstb: fix a missing if statement on a return error check

From: Jim Quinlan
Date: Tue Sep 22 2020 - 08:43:55 EST


On Tue, Sep 22, 2020 at 7:49 AM Markus Elfring <Markus.Elfring@xxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > The error return ret is not being check with an if statement and
>
> Wording alternative:
> The return value from a call of the function “brcm_phy_start” was not checked and
>
>
> > V2: disable clock as noted by Florian Fainelli and suggested by
> > Jim Quinlan.
>
> Alex Dewar contributed another update suggestion.
>
> [PATCH v2] PCI: brcmstb: Add missing if statement and error path
> https://lore.kernel.org/linux-arm-kernel/20200921211623.33908-1-alex.dewar90@xxxxxxxxx/
> https://lore.kernel.org/patchwork/patch/1309860/
>
> The exception handling needs further development considerations
> for this function implementation.
Hello,

I agree with Alex's patch. I should have suggested this at the
beginning but as our upstream STB suspend/resume is not yet functional
and the one-line change would have worked until we fixed
suspend/resume.. But this is the proper modification.

Thanks,
Jim
> Regards,
> Markus

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