usb: mtu3: Checking initialisation of the variable “mep” in two functions

Markus Elfring Markus.Elfring at web.de
Sat Jun 27 08:28:50 EDT 2020


Hello,

A source code analysis approach by the means of the semantic patch language
(Coccinelle software) pointed an implementation detail out for further
development considerations.

The functions “mtu3_gadget_ep_set_halt” and “mtu3_gadget_ep_set_wedge” check
at the beginning if the input parameter “ep” is a null pointer.
The error code “-EINVAL” will be returned then.
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/drivers/usb/mtu3/mtu3_gadget.c?id=1590a2e1c681b0991bd42c992cabfd380e0338f2#n371
https://elixir.bootlin.com/linux/v5.7.2/source/drivers/usb/mtu3/mtu3_gadget.c#L371

Can it be nicer to assign the variable “mep” only after a successful check
instead of an initialisation before?

Regards,
Markus



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