[PATCH 7/8] drm/amd/powerplay: Change assignment for a buffer variable in phm_dispatch_table()

[walter harms]

Am 16.07.2016 17:08, schrieb SF Markus Elfring:
> From: Markus Elfring <elfring at users.sourceforge.net>
> Date: Sat, 16 Jul 2016 15:36:36 +0200
> 
> The variable "temp_storage" was eventually reassigned with a pointer.
> Thus omit the explicit initialisation at the beginning.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Markus Elfring <elfring at users.sourceforge.net>
> ---
>  drivers/gpu/drm/amd/powerplay/hwmgr/functiontables.c | 5 +++--
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/powerplay/hwmgr/functiontables.c 
> b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/powerplay/hwmgr/functiontables.c
> index 024e22e..735aeb0 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/powerplay/hwmgr/functiontables.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/powerplay/hwmgr/functiontables.c
> @@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ int phm_dispatch_table(struct pp_hwmgr *hwmgr,
>                      void *input, void *output)
>  {
>       int result = 0;
> -     void *temp_storage = NULL;
> +     void *temp_storage;
>  
>       if (hwmgr == NULL || rt_table == NULL) {
>               printk(KERN_ERR "[ powerplay ] Invalid Parameter!\n");
> @@ -73,7 +73,8 @@ int phm_dispatch_table(struct pp_hwmgr *hwmgr,
>                       printk(KERN_ERR "[ powerplay ] Could not allocate table 
> temporary storage\n");
>                       return -ENOMEM;
>               }
> -     }
> +     } else
> +             temp_storage = NULL;
>  
>       result = phm_run_table(hwmgr, rt_table, input, output, temp_storage);
>       kfree(temp_storage);


the handling of rt_table->storage_size == 0 is so better visible.

IMHO in this case the function could return directly either with -EINVAL;
or with 0;  -> more direct more obvious.

if (rt_table->storage_size == 0 )
        return 0;

re,
 wh