From: Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@solarflare.com>
To: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>, tipecaml@gmail.com
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, kernel-janitors@vger.kernel.org,
linux-net-drivers@solarflare.com, netdev@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/5] net: sfc: fix return value check in efx_ptp_probe_channel().
Date: Fri, 21 Dec 2012 03:09:45 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1356059385.7055.11.camel@deadeye.wl.decadent.org.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20121212.001550.741463250196231082.davem@davemloft.net>
On Wed, 2012-12-12 at 00:15 -0500, David Miller wrote:
> From: Cyril Roelandt <tipecaml@gmail.com>
> Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2012 01:24:53 +0100
>
> > The ptp_clock_register() returns ERR_PTR() and never returns NULL. Replace the
> > NULL check by a call to IS_ERR().
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Cyril Roelandt <tipecaml@gmail.com>
>
> I'll let Ben queue this up.
>
> Probably he'll want to avoid potentially leaving an ERR_PTR
> in ptp->phc_clock even if, with this fix, that would be
> harmless.
Sorry for the delay in looking at this. This change is fine, as the
entire structure *ptp will be freed on the failure path.
I'm now on vacation until the new year. Cyril, please re-send your
patch with the addition of:
Acked-by: Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@solarflare.com>
so it will show up on 'patchwork' again and David can apply it from
there.
Ben.
--
Ben Hutchings, Staff Engineer, Solarflare
Not speaking for my employer; that's the marketing department's job.
They asked us to note that Solarflare product names are trademarked.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-12-21 3:09 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 17+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-12-12 0:24 [PATCH 0/5] Use IS_ERR() rather than a NULL check when necessary Cyril Roelandt
2012-12-12 0:24 ` [PATCH 1/5] staging: omap-thermal: fix error check in omap_thermal_expose_sensor() and in omap_therm Cyril Roelandt
2012-12-12 6:51 ` [PATCH 1/5] staging: omap-thermal: fix error check in omap_thermal_expose_sensor() and in omap_t Eduardo Valentin
2012-12-12 0:24 ` [PATCH 2/5] media: davinci: fix return value check in vpbe_display_reqbufs() Cyril Roelandt
2012-12-12 5:22 ` Prabhakar Lad
2012-12-12 0:24 ` [PATCH 3/5] c2port: fix return value check in duramar2150_c2port_init() Cyril Roelandt
2012-12-12 0:24 ` [PATCH 4/5] net: sfc: fix return value check in efx_ptp_probe_channel() Cyril Roelandt
2012-12-12 5:15 ` David Miller
2012-12-21 3:09 ` Ben Hutchings [this message]
[not found] ` <1355271894-5284-1-git-send-email-tipecaml-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
2012-12-12 0:24 ` [PATCH 5/5] spi: fix return value check in hspi_probe() Cyril Roelandt
[not found] ` <1355271894-5284-6-git-send-email-tipecaml-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
2012-12-12 0:36 ` Kuninori Morimoto
[not found] ` <87txrsqf7f.wl%kuninori.morimoto.gx-zM6kxYcvzFBBDgjK7y7TUQ@public.gmane.org>
2012-12-19 15:11 ` Grant Likely
2012-12-19 16:39 ` Dan Carpenter
2012-12-22 9:56 ` Grant Likely
2013-01-03 16:04 ` Dan Carpenter
2013-01-11 15:02 ` Grant Likely
2013-01-12 0:01 ` Dan Carpenter
Reply instructions:
You may reply publicly to this message via plain-text email
using any one of the following methods:
* Save the following mbox file, import it into your mail client,
and reply-to-all from there: mbox
Avoid top-posting and favor interleaved quoting:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posting_style#Interleaved_style
* Reply using the --to, --cc, and --in-reply-to
switches of git-send-email(1):
git send-email \
--in-reply-to=1356059385.7055.11.camel@deadeye.wl.decadent.org.uk \
--to=bhutchings@solarflare.com \
--cc=davem@davemloft.net \
--cc=kernel-janitors@vger.kernel.org \
--cc=linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org \
--cc=linux-net-drivers@solarflare.com \
--cc=netdev@vger.kernel.org \
--cc=tipecaml@gmail.com \
/path/to/YOUR_REPLY
https://kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/git-send-email.html
* If your mail client supports setting the In-Reply-To header
via mailto: links, try the mailto: link
Be sure your reply has a Subject: header at the top and a blank line
before the message body.
This is a public inbox, see mirroring instructions
for how to clone and mirror all data and code used for this inbox