Re: [PATCH v9 2/3] media: rockchip: Add a driver for Rockchip's camera interface

Paul Kocialkowski
2023-10-31T09:54:45Z

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Hi,

On Tue 31 Oct 23, 10:46, Christophe JAILLET wrote:
> Le 31/10/2023 à 10:33, Mehdi Djait a écrit :
> > Hello Christophe,
> >
> > On Mon, Oct 30, 2023 at 01:47:17PM +0100, Christophe JAILLET wrote:
> > > > + /* Create & register platform subdev. */
> > > > + ret = cif_register_stream_vdev(cif_dev);
> > > > + if (ret < 0)
> > > > + goto err_unreg_media_dev;
> > > > +
> > > > + ret = cif_subdev_notifier(cif_dev);
> > > > + if (ret < 0) {
> > > > + v4l2_err(&cif_dev->v4l2_dev,
> > > > + "Failed to register subdev notifier(%d)\n", ret);
> > > > + cif_unregister_stream_vdev(cif_dev);
> > > > + goto err_unreg_media_dev;
> > >
> > > Should there be another label with cif_unregister_stream_vdev(cif_dev); if
> > > an error occurs here?
> > >
> > > CJ
> >
> > cif_subdev_notifier() is the last function call in the probe with error
> > handling. So it will undo the last successful register:
> > cif_register_stream_vdev and use the goto to unregister the rest.
>
> Ah, I didn't see the cif_unregister_stream_vdev() call here.
> Sorry for the noise.
>
> >
> > I can add a label err_unreg_stream_vdev but it will be only used in the
> > error handling of cif_subdev_notifier() and I don't see the benefit.
>
> The main benefit is to be more consistent in the way the error path is
> written, and to be more future proof.

Indeed the fact that there is only a single user of the label is not a reason
to avoid the label. As soon as you need to use labels/gotos for error handling,
you should do it for all steps involved and avoid mixing unregistration in the
error-checking condition and using a previous label.

Cheers,

Paul

>
> CJ
> >
> > --
> > Kind Regards
> > Mehdi Djait
> >
> > > > + }
> > > > +
> > > > + cif_set_default_format(cif_dev);
> > > > + pm_runtime_enable(&pdev->dev);
> > > > +
> > > > + return 0;
> > > > +
> > > > +err_unreg_media_dev:
> > > > + media_device_unregister(&cif_dev->media_dev);
> > > > +err_unreg_v4l2_dev:
> > > > + v4l2_device_unregister(&cif_dev->v4l2_dev);
> > > > + return ret;
> > > > +}
> >
>

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Paul Kocialkowski, Bootlin
Embedded Linux and kernel engineering
https://bootlin.com

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