# \[PATCH 0/2\] video: s3c-fb: Adjustments for s3c\_fb\_probe()

- Subsystems: FRAMEBUFFER LAYER, SAMSUNG FRAMEBUFFER DRIVER, THE REST
- Maintainers: Helge Deller, Jingoo Han, Linus Torvalds
- Series: 2 patches touching 1 file, +2/-4
- List: linux-fbdev
- 7 messages, 3 authors
- Page: https://ratatoskr.run/linux-fbdev/2017/11/5140688/t

## \[PATCH 0/2\] video: s3c-fb: Adjustments for s3c\_fb\_probe()

- From: SF Markus Elfring \<hidden\>
- Date: 2017-11-26 14:15:28 
- Message: https://ratatoskr.run/linux-fbdev/2017/11/5140688.md

```text
From: Markus Elfring <redacted>
Date: Sun, 26 Nov 2017 15:12:34 +0100

Two update suggestions were taken into account
from static source code analysis.

Markus Elfring (2):
  Delete an error message for a failed memory allocation
  Improve a size determination

 drivers/video/fbdev/s3c-fb.c | 6 ++----
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

-- 
2.15.0

```

## \[PATCH 1/2\] video: s3c-fb: Delete an error message for a failed memory allocation in s3c\_fb\_probe()

- From: SF Markus Elfring \<hidden\>
- Date: 2017-11-26 14:16:51 
- Message: https://ratatoskr.run/linux-fbdev/2017/11/5140689.md

```text
From: Markus Elfring <redacted>
Date: Sun, 26 Nov 2017 15:00:16 +0100

Omit an extra message for a memory allocation failure in this function.

This issue was detected by using the Coccinelle software.

Signed-off-by: Markus Elfring <redacted>
---
 drivers/video/fbdev/s3c-fb.c | 4 +---
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/video/fbdev/s3c-fb.c b/drivers/video/fbdev/s3c-fb.c
index 5f4f696c2ecf..0914c973cbd9 100644
--- a/drivers/video/fbdev/s3c-fb.c
+++ b/drivers/video/fbdev/s3c-fb.c
@@ -1384,10 +1384,8 @@ static int s3c_fb_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	}
 
 	sfb = devm_kzalloc(dev, sizeof(struct s3c_fb), GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!sfb) {
-		dev_err(dev, "no memory for framebuffers\n");
+	if (!sfb)
 		return -ENOMEM;
-	}
 
 	dev_dbg(dev, "allocate new framebuffer %p\n", sfb);
 
-- 
2.15.0

```

## \[PATCH 2/2\] video: s3c-fb: Improve a size determination in s3c\_fb\_probe()

- From: SF Markus Elfring \<hidden\>
- Date: 2017-11-26 14:17:46 
- Message: https://ratatoskr.run/linux-fbdev/2017/11/5140691.md

```text
From: Markus Elfring <redacted>
Date: Sun, 26 Nov 2017 15:03:03 +0100

Replace the specification of a data structure by a pointer dereference
as the parameter for the operator "sizeof" to make the corresponding size
determination a bit safer according to the Linux coding style convention.

This issue was detected by using the Coccinelle software.

Signed-off-by: Markus Elfring <redacted>
---
 drivers/video/fbdev/s3c-fb.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/video/fbdev/s3c-fb.c b/drivers/video/fbdev/s3c-fb.c
index 0914c973cbd9..8c7623d63eb1 100644
--- a/drivers/video/fbdev/s3c-fb.c
+++ b/drivers/video/fbdev/s3c-fb.c
@@ -1383,7 +1383,7 @@ static int s3c_fb_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
-	sfb = devm_kzalloc(dev, sizeof(struct s3c_fb), GFP_KERNEL);
+	sfb = devm_kzalloc(dev, sizeof(*sfb), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!sfb)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
-- 
2.15.0

```

## Re: \[PATCH 1/2\] video: s3c-fb: Delete an error message for a failed memory allocation in s3c\_fb\_probe()

- From: Jingoo Han \<jingoohan1@gmail.com\>
- Date: 2017-11-27 18:06:37 
- Message: https://ratatoskr.run/linux-fbdev/2017/11/5141648.md

```text
On Sunday, November 26, 2017 9:17 AM, SF Markus Elfring wrote:
> 
> From: Markus Elfring <redacted>
> Date: Sun, 26 Nov 2017 15:00:16 +0100
> 
> Omit an extra message for a memory allocation failure in this function.
> 
> This issue was detected by using the Coccinelle software.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Markus Elfring <redacted>

Acked-by: Jingoo Han <jingoohan1@gmail.com>

Best regards,
Jingoo Han

> ---
>  drivers/video/fbdev/s3c-fb.c | 4 +---
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/video/fbdev/s3c-fb.c b/drivers/video/fbdev/s3c-fb.c
> index 5f4f696c2ecf..0914c973cbd9 100644
> --- a/drivers/video/fbdev/s3c-fb.c
> +++ b/drivers/video/fbdev/s3c-fb.c
> @@ -1384,10 +1384,8 @@ static int s3c_fb_probe(struct platform_device
> *pdev)
>  	}
> 
>  	sfb = devm_kzalloc(dev, sizeof(struct s3c_fb), GFP_KERNEL);
> -	if (!sfb) {
> -		dev_err(dev, "no memory for framebuffers\n");
> +	if (!sfb)
>  		return -ENOMEM;
> -	}
> 
>  	dev_dbg(dev, "allocate new framebuffer %p\n", sfb);
> 
> --
> 2.15.0


```

## Re: \[PATCH 2/2\] video: s3c-fb: Improve a size determination in s3c\_fb\_probe()

- From: Jingoo Han \<jingoohan1@gmail.com\>
- Date: 2017-11-27 18:07:20 
- Message: https://ratatoskr.run/linux-fbdev/2017/11/5141649.md

```text
On Sunday, November 26, 2017 9:18 AM, SF Markus Elfring wrote:
> 
> From: Markus Elfring <redacted>
> Date: Sun, 26 Nov 2017 15:03:03 +0100
> 
> Replace the specification of a data structure by a pointer dereference
> as the parameter for the operator "sizeof" to make the corresponding size
> determination a bit safer according to the Linux coding style convention.
> 
> This issue was detected by using the Coccinelle software.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Markus Elfring <redacted>

Acked-by: Jingoo Han <jingoohan1@gmail.com>

Best regards,
Jingoo Han

> ---
>  drivers/video/fbdev/s3c-fb.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/video/fbdev/s3c-fb.c b/drivers/video/fbdev/s3c-fb.c
> index 0914c973cbd9..8c7623d63eb1 100644
> --- a/drivers/video/fbdev/s3c-fb.c
> +++ b/drivers/video/fbdev/s3c-fb.c
> @@ -1383,7 +1383,7 @@ static int s3c_fb_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
>  		return -EINVAL;
>  	}
> 
> -	sfb = devm_kzalloc(dev, sizeof(struct s3c_fb), GFP_KERNEL);
> +	sfb = devm_kzalloc(dev, sizeof(*sfb), GFP_KERNEL);
>  	if (!sfb)
>  		return -ENOMEM;
> 
> --
> 2.15.0


```

## Re: \[PATCH 1/2\] video: s3c-fb: Delete an error message for a failed memory allocation in s3c\_fb\_probe()

- From: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz \<hidden\>
- Date: 2018-03-28 14:02:45 
- Message: https://ratatoskr.run/linux-fbdev/2018/03/5244825.md

```text
On Monday, November 27, 2017 01:06:30 PM Jingoo Han wrote:
> On Sunday, November 26, 2017 9:17 AM, SF Markus Elfring wrote:
> > 
> > From: Markus Elfring <redacted>
> > Date: Sun, 26 Nov 2017 15:00:16 +0100
> > 
> > Omit an extra message for a memory allocation failure in this function.
> > 
> > This issue was detected by using the Coccinelle software.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Markus Elfring <redacted>
> 
> Acked-by: Jingoo Han <jingoohan1@gmail.com>

Patch queued for 4.17, thanks.

Best regards,
--
Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz
Samsung R&D Institute Poland
Samsung Electronics

```

## Re: \[PATCH 2/2\] video: s3c-fb: Improve a size determination in s3c\_fb\_probe()

- From: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz \<hidden\>
- Date: 2018-03-28 14:05:45 
- Message: https://ratatoskr.run/linux-fbdev/2018/03/5244830.md

```text
On Monday, November 27, 2017 01:07:15 PM Jingoo Han wrote:
> On Sunday, November 26, 2017 9:18 AM, SF Markus Elfring wrote:
> > 
> > From: Markus Elfring <redacted>
> > Date: Sun, 26 Nov 2017 15:03:03 +0100
> > 
> > Replace the specification of a data structure by a pointer dereference
> > as the parameter for the operator "sizeof" to make the corresponding size
> > determination a bit safer according to the Linux coding style convention.
> > 
> > This issue was detected by using the Coccinelle software.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Markus Elfring <redacted>
> 
> Acked-by: Jingoo Han <jingoohan1@gmail.com>

Patch queued for 4.17, thanks.

Best regards,
--
Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz
Samsung R&D Institute Poland
Samsung Electronics

```
