[PATCH v2] mtd: orion_nand: fix error code path in probe
Andrew Lunn
andrew at lunn.ch
Sat Oct 18 12:35:39 PDT 2014
On Thu, Oct 16, 2014 at 06:58:35AM +0200, Michael Opdenacker wrote:
> This replaces kzalloc() and ioremap() calls by devm_ functions
> in the probe() routine, which automatically release the corresponding
> resources when probe() fails or when the device is removed.
>
> This simplifies simplifies the error management code, and brings
> the below improvements or changes:
>
> A. Fixing a bug reported by "make coccicheck":
>
> If "board = devm_kzalloc()" fails, the probe() function jumps
> incorrectly to label "no_res" and therefore returns without
> running iounmap().
>
> B. Requesting the memory region
>
> Using devm_ioremap_resource() makes the probe() function request
> the corresponding memory region before running ioremap(), as
> it is supposed to do.
>
> C. Standardizing the error codes:
>
> The use of devm_ioremap_resource() changes the return value:
> * -ENOMEM instead of -EIO in case of ioremap() failure,
> * -EINVAL instead of -ENODEV in case of platform_get_resource()
> failure.
>
> Signed-off-by: Michael Opdenacker <michael.opdenacker at free-electrons.com>
Acked-by: Andrew Lunn <andrew at lunn.ch>
I wanted to test it, but i don't have easy access to a device using
nand. All mine are SPI based :-(
Andrew
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