Re: [PATCH 1/4] gpiolib: introduce descriptor-based GPIO interface

From: Alexandre Courbot
Date: Tue Jan 08 2013 - 20:06:54 EST


On Tue, Jan 8, 2013 at 9:59 PM, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Please avoid the use of IS_ERR_OR_NULL(), especially on interfaces you
> introduce yourself. AFAICT, gpiod_get cannot return NULL, so you
> should not check for that.

Sure - you sound like IS_ERR_OR_NULL() is generally considered evil,
may I ask why this is the case?

>> + *dr = desc;
>> + devres_add(dev, dr);
>> +
>> + return 0;
>> +}
>
> I'm pretty sure you meant to write 'return desc;' here.

Absolutely, thanks.

Alex.
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