Re: [PATCH] driver core: platform: Rename platform_get_irq_optional() to platform_get_irq_silent()

Andy Shevchenko
2022-01-19T19:12:01Z

On Sat, Jan 15, 2022 at 02:55:50PM +0100, Uwe Kleine-König wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 14, 2022 at 08:55:07PM +0300, Sergey Shtylyov wrote:

> Or do you think kmalloc should better be called
> kmalloc_optional because it returns NULL if there is no more memory
> available?

Oh, do you know that kmalloc() may return NULL and small cookie value and
actually one has to check for that (yes, either before or after against
different variables)?

kmalloc() is exactly an example that justifies the Sergey's patch.

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With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko