On 05/06/2017 at 14:53:30 +0530, Arvind Yadav wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Yes, Patch v1 was wrong that's why i have push v2.
> clk_prepare and clk_prepare_enable can fail. There

No this is not true, they will never fail for the SSC.

> is not harm to check it's return value. It'll not impact present
> functionality.
> 

It does impact boot time, this patch adds 112 bytes to a compressed
kernel for no reason.

> -arvind
> 
> On Sunday 04 June 2017 03:47 AM, Alexandre Belloni wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > It is getting tiring to get patches that are nor even compile tested
> > resulting from whatever static analysis tool you used.
> > 
> > This patch has almost no value and v1 was clearly wrong.
> > 
> > Do you realize clk_prepare and clk_prepare_enable will never fail for
> > the SSC?
> > 
> > On 02/06/2017 at 11:09:02 +0530, Arvind Yadav wrote:
> > > clk_prepare_enable() and clk_prepare() can fail here and
> > > we must check its return value.
> > > 
> > > Signed-off-by: Arvind Yadav <arvind.yadav...@gmail.com>
> > > ---
> > >   drivers/misc/atmel-ssc.c | 12 ++++++++++--
> > >   1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> > > 
> > > diff --git a/drivers/misc/atmel-ssc.c b/drivers/misc/atmel-ssc.c
> > > index b2a0340..df34b81 100644
> > > --- a/drivers/misc/atmel-ssc.c
> > > +++ b/drivers/misc/atmel-ssc.c
> > > @@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ struct ssc_device *ssc_request(unsigned int ssc_num)
> > >   {
> > >           int ssc_valid = 0;
> > >           struct ssc_device *ssc;
> > > + int ret;
> > >           spin_lock(&user_lock);
> > >           list_for_each_entry(ssc, &ssc_list, list) {
> > > @@ -60,7 +61,11 @@ struct ssc_device *ssc_request(unsigned int ssc_num)
> > >           ssc->user++;
> > >           spin_unlock(&user_lock);
> > > - clk_prepare(ssc->clk);
> > > + ret = clk_prepare(ssc->clk);
> > > + if (ret) {
> > > +         pr_err("Failed to prepare clock\n");
> > > +         return ERR_PTR(ret);
> > > + }
> > >           return ssc;
> > >   }
> > > @@ -195,6 +200,7 @@ static int ssc_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
> > >           struct resource *regs;
> > >           struct ssc_device *ssc;
> > >           const struct atmel_ssc_platform_data *plat_dat;
> > > + int ret;
> > >           ssc = devm_kzalloc(&pdev->dev, sizeof(struct ssc_device), 
> > > GFP_KERNEL);
> > >           if (!ssc) {
> > > @@ -229,7 +235,9 @@ static int ssc_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
> > >           }
> > >           /* disable all interrupts */
> > > - clk_prepare_enable(ssc->clk);
> > > + ret = clk_prepare_enable(ssc->clk);
> > > + if (ret)
> > > +         return ret;
> > >           ssc_writel(ssc->regs, IDR, -1);
> > >           ssc_readl(ssc->regs, SR);
> > >           clk_disable_unprepare(ssc->clk);
> > > -- 
> > > 1.9.1
> > > 
> > > 
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> 

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