Re: [PATCH v3 02/10] ata: pata_platform: Drop use of unlikely() in pata_platform_probe

From: Sergey Shtylyov
Date: Fri Dec 24 2021 - 12:54:34 EST


On 12/24/21 4:12 PM, Lad Prabhakar wrote:

> pata_platform_probe() isn't a hotpath, which makes it's questionable to
> use unlikely(). Therefore let's simply drop it.
>
> Signed-off-by: Lad Prabhakar <prabhakar.mahadev-lad.rj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> v2-->v3
> * New patch
> ---
> drivers/ata/pata_platform.c | 4 ++--
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/ata/pata_platform.c b/drivers/ata/pata_platform.c
> index cb3134bf88eb..29902001e223 100644
> --- a/drivers/ata/pata_platform.c
> +++ b/drivers/ata/pata_platform.c
> @@ -199,14 +199,14 @@ static int pata_platform_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
> * Get the I/O base first
> */
> io_res = platform_get_mem_or_io(pdev, 0);
> - if (unlikely(!io_res))
> + if (!io_res)
> return -EINVAL;
>
> /*
> * Then the CTL base
> */
> ctl_res = platform_get_mem_or_io(pdev, 1);
> - if (unlikely(!ctl_res))
> + if (!ctl_res)
> return -EINVAL;

I think you should combine this with patch #1.

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MBR, Sergey