[PATCH v1 04/11] usb: phy: tegra: switch to using devm_gpiod_get()
Andy Shevchenko
andy.shevchenko at gmail.com
Mon Sep 5 12:55:30 PDT 2022
On Mon, Sep 5, 2022 at 10:51 PM Dmitry Torokhov
<dmitry.torokhov at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 05, 2022 at 10:41:40PM +0300, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> > On Mon, Sep 5, 2022 at 10:40 PM Dmitry Torokhov
> > <dmitry.torokhov at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > On Mon, Sep 05, 2022 at 01:59:44PM +0300, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> > > > On Mon, Sep 5, 2022 at 9:32 AM Dmitry Torokhov
> > > > <dmitry.torokhov at gmail.com> wrote:
...
> > > > > - gpiod = devm_gpiod_get_from_of_node(&pdev->dev, np,
> > > > > - "nvidia,phy-reset-gpio",
> > > > > - 0, GPIOD_OUT_HIGH,
> > > > > - "ulpi_phy_reset_b");
> > > > > + gpiod = devm_gpiod_get(&pdev->dev, "nvidia,phy-reset",
> > > > > + GPIOD_OUT_HIGH);
> > > > > err = PTR_ERR_OR_ZERO(gpiod);
> > > >
> > > > What does _OR_ZERO mean now?
> > >
> > > This converts a pointer to an error code if a pointer represents
> > > ERR_PTR() encoded error, or 0 to indicate success.
> >
> > Yes, I know that. My point is, how is it useful now (or even before)?
> > I mean that devm_gpio_get() never returns NULL, right?
>
> What does returning NULL have to do with anything.
It has to do with a dead code. If defm_gpiod_get() does not return
NULL, then why do we even bother to check?
> It converts a pointer
> to a "classic" return code, with negative errors and 0 on success.
>
> It allows to not use multiple IS_ERR/PTR_ERR in the code (I'd need 1
> IS_ERR and 2 PTR_ERR, one in dev_err() and another to return).
I don't see how this is relevant.
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With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko
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