Re: [PATCH 1/3] mfd/omap-usb-tll: Delete two error messages for a failed memory allocation in usbtll_omap_probe()

[Ladislav Michl <ladis@linux-mips.org>]

Marcus,

On Mon, Jan 15, 2018 at 02:15:11PM +0100, SF Markus Elfring wrote:
> Omit extra messages for a memory allocation failure in this function.
> 
> This issue was detected by using the Coccinelle software.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Markus Elfring <elfring@users.sourceforge.net>
> ---
>  drivers/mfd/omap-usb-tll.c | 5 +----
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 4 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/mfd/omap-usb-tll.c b/drivers/mfd/omap-usb-tll.c
> index 44a5d66314c6..7945efa0152e 100644
> --- a/drivers/mfd/omap-usb-tll.c
> +++ b/drivers/mfd/omap-usb-tll.c
> @@ -222,10 +222,8 @@ static int usbtll_omap_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
>  	dev_dbg(dev, "starting TI HSUSB TLL Controller\n");
>  
>  	tll = devm_kzalloc(dev, sizeof(struct usbtll_omap), GFP_KERNEL);
> -	if (!tll) {
> -		dev_err(dev, "Memory allocation failed\n");
> +	if (!tll)
>  		return -ENOMEM;
> -	}
>  
>  	res = platform_get_resource(pdev, IORESOURCE_MEM, 0);
>  	tll->base = devm_ioremap_resource(dev, res);
> @@ -258,7 +256,6 @@ static int usbtll_omap_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
>  						GFP_KERNEL);
>  	if (!tll->ch_clk) {
>  		ret = -ENOMEM;
> -		dev_err(dev, "Couldn't allocate memory for channel clocks\n");

I'd either leave this one, just to know which allocation failed or better use
something like this (it is pseudo patch only, just to show idea):

diff --git a/drivers/mfd/omap-usb-tll.c b/drivers/mfd/omap-usb-tll.c
index 44a5d66314c6..d217211d6b8f 100644
--- a/drivers/mfd/omap-usb-tll.c
+++ b/drivers/mfd/omap-usb-tll.c
@@ -108,9 +108,9 @@
 					 (x) != OMAP_EHCI_PORT_MODE_PHY)
 
 struct usbtll_omap {
-	int					nch;	/* num. of channels */
-	struct clk				**ch_clk;
 	void __iomem				*base;
+	int					nch;	/* num. of channels */
+	struct clk				ch_clk[0];
 };
 
 /*-------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
@@ -221,18 +221,11 @@ static int usbtll_omap_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 
 	dev_dbg(dev, "starting TI HSUSB TLL Controller\n");
 
-	tll = devm_kzalloc(dev, sizeof(struct usbtll_omap), GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!tll) {
-		dev_err(dev, "Memory allocation failed\n");
-		return -ENOMEM;
-	}
-
 	res = platform_get_resource(pdev, IORESOURCE_MEM, 0);
-	tll->base = devm_ioremap_resource(dev, res);
-	if (IS_ERR(tll->base))
-		return PTR_ERR(tll->base);
+	base = devm_ioremap_resource(dev, res);
+	if (IS_ERR(base))
+		return PTR_ERR(base);
 
-	platform_set_drvdata(pdev, tll);
 	pm_runtime_enable(dev);
 	pm_runtime_get_sync(dev);
 
@@ -240,27 +233,27 @@ static int usbtll_omap_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	switch (ver) {
 	case OMAP_USBTLL_REV1:
 	case OMAP_USBTLL_REV4:
-		tll->nch = OMAP_TLL_CHANNEL_COUNT;
+		num = OMAP_TLL_CHANNEL_COUNT;
 		break;
 	case OMAP_USBTLL_REV2:
 	case OMAP_USBTLL_REV3:
-		tll->nch = OMAP_REV2_TLL_CHANNEL_COUNT;
+		num = OMAP_REV2_TLL_CHANNEL_COUNT;
 		break;
 	default:
-		tll->nch = OMAP_TLL_CHANNEL_COUNT;
+		num = OMAP_TLL_CHANNEL_COUNT;
 		dev_dbg(dev,
 		 "USB TLL Rev : 0x%x not recognized, assuming %d channels\n",
-			ver, tll->nch);
+			ver, num);
 		break;
 	}
 
-	tll->ch_clk = devm_kzalloc(dev, sizeof(struct clk *) * tll->nch,
-						GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!tll->ch_clk) {
-		ret = -ENOMEM;
-		dev_err(dev, "Couldn't allocate memory for channel clocks\n");
-		goto err_clk_alloc;
-	}
+	tll = devm_kzalloc(dev, sizeof(struct usbtll_omap) + (num * sizeof(...)), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!tll)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	tll->nch = num;
+	tll->base = base;
+	platform_set_drvdata(pdev, tll);
 
 	for (i = 0; i < tll->nch; i++) {
 		char clkname[] = "usb_tll_hs_usb_chx_clk";

>  		goto err_clk_alloc;
>  	}

What do you think? I'll prepare proper patch in case there's an agreement
on above approach.

Best regards,
	ladis