# \[PATCH 5/5\] drivers/video/msm/mdp.c: adjust error handling code

- Subsystems: FRAMEBUFFER LAYER, THE REST
- Maintainers: Helge Deller, Linus Torvalds
- List: linux-fbdev
- 2 messages, 2 authors
- Page: https://ratatoskr.run/linux-fbdev/2011/07/3737243/t

## \[PATCH 5/5\] drivers/video/msm/mdp.c: adjust error handling code

- From: Julia Lawall \<hidden\>
- Date: 2011-07-04 14:12:16 
- Message: https://ratatoskr.run/linux-fbdev/2011/07/3737243.md

```text
From: Julia Lawall <redacted>

Use the error handling code at the end of the function, rather than
returning directly.

The semantic match that finds this problem is as follows:
(http://coccinelle.lip6.fr/)

// <smpl>
@r@
identifier x;
@@

kfree(x)

@@
identifier r.x;
expression E1!=0,E2,E3,E4;
statement S;
@@

(
if (<+...x...+>) S
|
if (...) { ... when != kfree(x)
               when != if (...) { ... kfree(x); ... }
               when != x = E3
* return E1;
}
... when != x = E2
if (...) { ... when != x = E4
 kfree(x); ... return ...; }
)
// </smpl>

Signed-off-by: Julia Lawall <redacted>

---
I wonder if the error handling code at the end of the function should be
calling clk_put as well?  In that case, having a separate label for this
case would be useful.  Otherwise, one of error_request_irq and error_get_clk
can be deleted

 drivers/video/msm/mdp.c |    4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/video/msm/mdp.c b/drivers/video/msm/mdp.c
index 243d16f..01fa660 100644
--- a/drivers/video/msm/mdp.c
+++ b/drivers/video/msm/mdp.c
@@ -421,7 +421,8 @@ int mdp_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	clk = clk_get(&pdev->dev, "mdp_clk");
 	if (IS_ERR(clk)) {
 		printk(KERN_INFO "mdp: failed to get mdp clk");
-		return PTR_ERR(clk);
+		ret = PTR_ERR(clk);
+		goto error_get_clk;
 	}
 
 	ret = request_irq(mdp->irq, mdp_isr, IRQF_DISABLED, "msm_mdp", mdp);
@@ -495,6 +496,7 @@ int mdp_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 error_device_register:
 	free_irq(mdp->irq, mdp);
 error_request_irq:
+error_get_clk:
 	iounmap(mdp->base);
 error_get_irq:
 error_ioremap:

```

## Re: \[PATCH 5/5\] drivers/video/msm/mdp.c: adjust error handling code

- From: Paul Mundt \<hidden\>
- Date: 2011-07-13 08:13:48 
- Message: https://ratatoskr.run/linux-fbdev/2011/07/3740765.md

```text
On Mon, Jul 04, 2011 at 04:11:45PM +0200, Julia Lawall wrote:
> From: Julia Lawall <redacted>
> 
> Use the error handling code at the end of the function, rather than
> returning directly.
> 
> The semantic match that finds this problem is as follows:
> (http://coccinelle.lip6.fr/)
> 
> // <smpl>
> @r@
> identifier x;
> @@
> 
> kfree(x)
> 
> @@
> identifier r.x;
> expression E1!=0,E2,E3,E4;
> statement S;
> @@
> 
> (
> if (<+...x...+>) S
> |
> if (...) { ... when != kfree(x)
>                when != if (...) { ... kfree(x); ... }
>                when != x = E3
> * return E1;
> }
> ... when != x = E2
> if (...) { ... when != x = E4
>  kfree(x); ... return ...; }
> )
> // </smpl>
> 
> Signed-off-by: Julia Lawall <redacted>
> 
Applied, thanks.

> I wonder if the error handling code at the end of the function should be
> calling clk_put as well?  In that case, having a separate label for this
> case would be useful.  Otherwise, one of error_request_irq and error_get_clk
> can be deleted
> 
The MSM implementation for it is simply a nop, so it's not going to
really matter one way or the other. In terms of general consistency it
might be worth implementing.

I expect that there are probably quite a few drivers that don't balance
out their clk_get()'s with clk_put()'s however, perhaps this is another
semantic patch candidate? At the very least it would be interesting to
see the statistics.
```