[PATCH v5 5/6] drm/msm/dpu: fix error handling in dpu_rm_init

Abhinav Kumar quic_abhinavk at quicinc.com
Mon Feb 14 21:25:49 UTC 2022



On 2/14/2022 12:43 PM, Dmitry Baryshkov wrote:
> On 14/02/2022 22:15, Abhinav Kumar wrote:
>>
>>
>> On 1/21/2022 1:06 PM, Dmitry Baryshkov wrote:
>>> Using IS_ERR_OR_NULL() together with PTR_ERR() is a typical mistake. If
>>> the value is NULL, then the function will return 0 instead of a proper
>>> return code. Moreover none of dpu_hw_*_init() functions can return NULL.
>>> So, replace all dpu_rm_init()'s IS_ERR_OR_NULL() calls with IS_ERR().
>>>
>> Can you please give an example of a case where dpu_hw_*_init() can 
>> return NULL?
>>
>> All dpu_hw_*_init() functions are only called if the corresponding
>> hw*_counts are valid. So I would like to understand this.
>>
>> Now, if NULL is treated as a non-error case, should we atleast print
>> a message indicating so?
> 
> - No dpu_hw_*init() can return NULL
> 
> - If at some point any of these functions returns NULL, it will cause a 
> premature dpu_rm_init() termination with the success (=0) status, 
> leaving parts of RM uninitialized.
> 
> Thus I'm replacing IS_ERR_OR_NULL with IS_ERR()

Ah okay, got it.

Reviewed-by: Abhinav Kumar <quic_abhinavk at quicinc.com>
> 
>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Dmitry Baryshkov <dmitry.baryshkov at linaro.org>
>>> ---
>>>   drivers/gpu/drm/msm/disp/dpu1/dpu_rm.c | 12 ++++++------
>>>   1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
>>>
>>> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/disp/dpu1/dpu_rm.c 
>>> b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/disp/dpu1/dpu_rm.c
>>> index 96554e962e38..7497538adae1 100644
>>> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/disp/dpu1/dpu_rm.c
>>> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/disp/dpu1/dpu_rm.c
>>> @@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ int dpu_rm_init(struct dpu_rm *rm,
>>>               continue;
>>>           }
>>>           hw = dpu_hw_lm_init(lm->id, mmio, cat);
>>> -        if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(hw)) {
>>> +        if (IS_ERR(hw)) {
>>>               rc = PTR_ERR(hw);
>>>               DPU_ERROR("failed lm object creation: err %d\n", rc);
>>>               goto fail;
>>> @@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ int dpu_rm_init(struct dpu_rm *rm,
>>>               continue;
>>>           }
>>>           hw = dpu_hw_merge_3d_init(merge_3d->id, mmio, cat);
>>> -        if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(hw)) {
>>> +        if (IS_ERR(hw)) {
>>>               rc = PTR_ERR(hw);
>>>               DPU_ERROR("failed merge_3d object creation: err %d\n",
>>>                   rc);
>>> @@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ int dpu_rm_init(struct dpu_rm *rm,
>>>               continue;
>>>           }
>>>           hw = dpu_hw_pingpong_init(pp->id, mmio, cat);
>>> -        if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(hw)) {
>>> +        if (IS_ERR(hw)) {
>>>               rc = PTR_ERR(hw);
>>>               DPU_ERROR("failed pingpong object creation: err %d\n",
>>>                   rc);
>>> @@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ int dpu_rm_init(struct dpu_rm *rm,
>>>               continue;
>>>           }
>>>           hw = dpu_hw_intf_init(intf->id, mmio, cat);
>>> -        if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(hw)) {
>>> +        if (IS_ERR(hw)) {
>>>               rc = PTR_ERR(hw);
>>>               DPU_ERROR("failed intf object creation: err %d\n", rc);
>>>               goto fail;
>>> @@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ int dpu_rm_init(struct dpu_rm *rm,
>>>               continue;
>>>           }
>>>           hw = dpu_hw_ctl_init(ctl->id, mmio, cat);
>>> -        if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(hw)) {
>>> +        if (IS_ERR(hw)) {
>>>               rc = PTR_ERR(hw);
>>>               DPU_ERROR("failed ctl object creation: err %d\n", rc);
>>>               goto fail;
>>> @@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ int dpu_rm_init(struct dpu_rm *rm,
>>>               continue;
>>>           }
>>>           hw = dpu_hw_dspp_init(dspp->id, mmio, cat);
>>> -        if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(hw)) {
>>> +        if (IS_ERR(hw)) {
>>>               rc = PTR_ERR(hw);
>>>               DPU_ERROR("failed dspp object creation: err %d\n", rc);
>>>               goto fail;
> 
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