[PATCH] PM / devfreq: Fix static checker warning in try_then_request_governor

[PATCH] PM / devfreq: Fix static checker warning in try_then_request_governor

[Enric Balletbo i Serra]

The patch 23c7b54ca1cd: "PM / devfreq: Fix devfreq_add_device() when
drivers are built as modules." leads to the following static checker
warning:

    drivers/devfreq/devfreq.c:1043 governor_store()
    warn: 'governor' can also be NULL

The reason is that the try_then_request_governor() function returns both
error pointers and NULL. It should just return error pointers, so fix
this by returning a ERR_PTR to the error intead of returning NULL.

Fixes: 23c7b54ca1cd ("PM / devfreq: Fix devfreq_add_device() when drivers are built as modules.")
Reported-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@oracle.com>
Signed-off-by: Enric Balletbo i Serra <enric.balletbo@collabora.com>
---

 drivers/devfreq/devfreq.c | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/devfreq/devfreq.c b/drivers/devfreq/devfreq.c
index 62ead442a872..b10124c7308f 100644
--- a/drivers/devfreq/devfreq.c
+++ b/drivers/devfreq/devfreq.c
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ static struct devfreq_governor *find_devfreq_governor(const char *name)
  * if is not found. This can happen when both drivers (the governor driver
  * and the driver that call devfreq_add_device) are built as modules.
  * devfreq_list_lock should be held by the caller. Returns the matched
- * governor's pointer.
+ * governor's pointer or an error pointer.
  */
 static struct devfreq_governor *try_then_request_governor(const char *name)
 {
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ static struct devfreq_governor *try_then_request_governor(const char *name)
 		/* Restore previous state before return */
 		mutex_lock(&devfreq_list_lock);
 		if (err)
-			return NULL;
+			return ERR_PTR(err);
 
 		governor = find_devfreq_governor(name);
 	}
-- 
2.19.1

Re: [PATCH] PM / devfreq: Fix static checker warning in try_then_request_governor

[Chanwoo Choi]

Hi Enric,

On 2018년 10월 16일 19:02, Enric Balletbo i Serra wrote:
> The patch 23c7b54ca1cd: "PM / devfreq: Fix devfreq_add_device() when
> drivers are built as modules." leads to the following static checker
> warning:
> 
>     drivers/devfreq/devfreq.c:1043 governor_store()
>     warn: 'governor' can also be NULL
> 
> The reason is that the try_then_request_governor() function returns both
> error pointers and NULL. It should just return error pointers, so fix
> this by returning a ERR_PTR to the error intead of returning NULL.
> 
> Fixes: 23c7b54ca1cd ("PM / devfreq: Fix devfreq_add_device() when drivers are built as modules.")
> Reported-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@oracle.com>
> Signed-off-by: Enric Balletbo i Serra <enric.balletbo@collabora.com>
> ---
> 
>  drivers/devfreq/devfreq.c | 4 ++--
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/devfreq/devfreq.c b/drivers/devfreq/devfreq.c
> index 62ead442a872..b10124c7308f 100644
> --- a/drivers/devfreq/devfreq.c
> +++ b/drivers/devfreq/devfreq.c
> @@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ static struct devfreq_governor *find_devfreq_governor(const char *name)
>   * if is not found. This can happen when both drivers (the governor driver
>   * and the driver that call devfreq_add_device) are built as modules.
>   * devfreq_list_lock should be held by the caller. Returns the matched
> - * governor's pointer.
> + * governor's pointer or an error pointer.
>   */
>  static struct devfreq_governor *try_then_request_governor(const char *name)
>  {
> @@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ static struct devfreq_governor *try_then_request_governor(const char *name)
>  		/* Restore previous state before return */
>  		mutex_lock(&devfreq_list_lock);
>  		if (err)
> -			return NULL;
> +			return ERR_PTR(err);
>  
>  		governor = find_devfreq_governor(name);
>  	}
>

LGTM.
Reviewed-by: Chanwoo Choi <cw00.choi@samsung.com>

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Best Regards,
Chanwoo Choi
Samsung Electronics