Re: [PATCH] i2c-HID: Delete unnecessary checks before the function call "gpiod_put"

Benjamin Tissoires
2015-07-09T18:38:51Z

On Thu, Jul 9, 2015 at 8:34 AM, Jiri Kosina <jkosina@suse.com> wrote:
> On Wed, 8 Jul 2015, SF Markus Elfring wrote:
>
>> From: Markus Elfring <elfring@users.sourceforge.net>
>> Date: Wed, 8 Jul 2015 22:12:25 +0200
>>
>> The gpiod_put() function performs also input parameter validation
>> by forwarding its single input pointer to the gpiod_free() function.
>> Thus the test around the calls is not needed.
>>
>> This issue was detected by using the Coccinelle software.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Markus Elfring <elfring@users.sourceforge.net>
>
> As Dan correctly pointed out, this is not as straightforward as it might
> seem on a firsr sight, because there is a WARN_ON() that might start
> triggering in case of !ihid->desc.
>
> Adding Benjamin. I am not applying this without his Ack.
>

I think the gpiod case is the exception rather than the common rule
(most i2c-hid device we saw until recently were using irqs, not
gpios). So if I understand correctly, removing the check on ihid->desc
would raise a warning for most devices. This is IMO not a good thing,
so I would say NACK.

Mika might have a different opinion though.

Cheers,
Benjamin