From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: David Miller Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] smsc911x: Remove dev==NULL check. Date: Thu, 20 Aug 2015 14:38:39 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <20150820.143839.1401698002224846672.davem@davemloft.net> References: <1440002803-5113-1-git-send-email-jeremy.linton@arm.com> <1440002803-5113-3-git-send-email-jeremy.linton@arm.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, gregkh@linuxfoundation.org, steve.glendinning@shawell.net, linux@roeck-us.net To: jeremy.linton@arm.com Return-path: Received: from shards.monkeyblade.net ([149.20.54.216]:57351 "EHLO shards.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751553AbbHTVik (ORCPT ); Thu, 20 Aug 2015 17:38:40 -0400 In-Reply-To: <1440002803-5113-3-git-send-email-jeremy.linton@arm.com> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: From: Jeremy Linton Date: Wed, 19 Aug 2015 11:46:43 -0500 > The dev==NULL check in smsc911x_probe_config is useless > and isn't providing any additional protection. If a fwnode > doesn't exist then an appropriate error should be returned > by device_get_phy_mode() covering the original case > of a missing of/fwnode. > > Signed-off-by: Jeremy Linton Applied.