[PATCH v7] watchdog: Add MOXA ART watchdog driver

[Guenter Roeck]

On 08/02/2013 04:41 AM, Mark Rutland wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 29, 2013 at 01:33:48PM +0100, Jonas Jensen wrote:
>> Add watchdog driver for MOXA ART SoCs.
>>
[ ... ]
>> +
>> +	err = watchdog_register_device(&moxart_wdt->dev);
>> +	if (unlikely(err))
>> +		return err;
>
> This is a probe path. Is the use of unlikely() really appropriate here?
> I suspect it doesn't make any appreciable difference, and should go.
>
Just wondering, for my education - why ? Is there s rule that unlikely()
shall not be used in the probe path ? If so, I would like to know it and
its reasoning to be able to apply it to my own reviews.

Thanks,
Guenter