Re: [PATCH 57/61] reset: Prefer IS_ERR_OR_NULL over manual NULL check

Masami Hiramatsu
2026-03-11T04:59:22Z

On Tue, 10 Mar 2026 12:49:23 +0100
Philipp Hahn <phahn-oss@avm.de> wrote:

> Prefer using IS_ERR_OR_NULL() over using IS_ERR() and a manual NULL
> check.
>
> Semantich change: Previously the code only printed the warning on error,
> but not when the pointer was NULL. Now the warning is printed in both
> cases!
>
> Change found with coccinelle.
>
> To: Philipp Zabel <p.zabel@pengutronix.de>
> Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
> Signed-off-by: Philipp Hahn <phahn-oss@avm.de>
> ---
> drivers/reset/core.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/reset/core.c b/drivers/reset/core.c
> index fceec45c8afc1e74fe46311bdc023ff257e8d770..649bb4ebabb20a09349ccbfc62f8280621df450e 100644
> --- a/drivers/reset/core.c
> +++ b/drivers/reset/core.c
> @@ -715,7 +715,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(reset_control_bulk_acquire);
> */
> void reset_control_release(struct reset_control *rstc)
> {
> - if (!rstc || WARN_ON(IS_ERR(rstc)))
> + if (WARN_ON(IS_ERR_OR_NULL(rstc)))

This changes the behavior when rstc == NULL.
WARN_ON does not hit when rstc == NULL in the original code.

Thanks,

> return;
>
> if (reset_control_is_array(rstc))
>
> --
> 2.43.0
>
>

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Masami Hiramatsu (Google) <mhiramat@kernel.org>