Re: [PATCH v4 2/2] spi: Add generic SPI multiplexer

[Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>]

On Mon, Feb 3, 2020 at 11:12 PM Chris Packham
<Chris.Packham-6g8wRflRTwXFdCa3tKVlE6U/zSkkHjvu@public.gmane.org> wrote:
> On Mon, 2020-02-03 at 11:50 +0200, Andy Shevchenko wrote:

...

> > > +       priv->mux = devm_mux_control_get(&spi->dev, NULL);
> > > +       ret = PTR_ERR_OR_ZERO(priv->mux);
> >
> > This is a bit complicated.
> >
> > > +       if (ret) {
> >
> > Why not simple do
> >
> >   if (IS_ERR(priv->mux)) {
> >     ret = PTR_ERR(...);
> >     ...
> >   }
> >
> > ?
>
> I've had other maintainers/reviewers suggest the opposite for patches
> I've submitted to other subsystems which is why I went with
> PTR_ERR_OR_ZERO. It also works well with the goto err_put_ctlr; which
> needs ret to be set. It's not exactly a common pattern in the spi code
> so I'd be happy to go the other way if that's the desired convention
> for spi.

Either way is the same amount of lines. The slight difference, that we
don't check for 0. Can you check if generated code is different in
these cases?

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With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko