[PATCH net-next 2/2] net: mdio: add amlogic gxl mdio mux support
Andrew Lunn
andrew at lunn.ch
Tue Jan 17 18:56:32 PST 2023
> > >> + priv = devm_kzalloc(dev, sizeof(*priv), GFP_KERNEL);
> > >> + if (!priv)
> > >> + return -ENOMEM;
> > >
> > > nit: may be it is nicer to use dev_err_probe() here for consistency.
> >
> > That was on purpose. I only use the `dev_err_probe()` when the probe may
> > defer, which I don't expect here.
> >
> > I don't mind changing if you prefer it this way.
>
> I have no strong opinion on this :)
dev_err_probe() does not apply here, because devm_kzalloc does not
return an error code. Hence it cannot be EPROBE_DEFFER, which is what
dev_err_probe() is looking for.
Andrew
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