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From: linux@roeck-us•net (Guenter Roeck)
To: linux-arm-kernel@lists•infradead.org
Subject: [PATCH v7] watchdog: Add MOXA ART watchdog driver
Date: Fri, 02 Aug 2013 09:39:49 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <51FBE0D5.3070007@roeck-us.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20130802114159.GK2884@e106331-lin.cambridge.arm.com>

On 08/02/2013 04:41 AM, Mark Rutland wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 29, 2013 at 01:33:48PM +0100, Jonas Jensen wrote:
>> Add watchdog driver for MOXA ART SoCs.
>>
[ ... ]
>> +
>> +	err = watchdog_register_device(&moxart_wdt->dev);
>> +	if (unlikely(err))
>> +		return err;
>
> This is a probe path. Is the use of unlikely() really appropriate here?
> I suspect it doesn't make any appreciable difference, and should go.
>
Just wondering, for my education - why ? Is there s rule that unlikely()
shall not be used in the probe path ? If so, I would like to know it and
its reasoning to be able to apply it to my own reviews.

Thanks,
Guenter

  parent reply	other threads:[~2013-08-02 16:39 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 20+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2013-07-11 12:29 [PATCH] watchdog: Add MOXA ART watchdog driver Jonas Jensen
2013-07-11 16:35 ` Guenter Roeck
2013-07-16 13:24 ` [PATCH v2] " Jonas Jensen
2013-07-17  9:24   ` [PATCH v3] " Jonas Jensen
2013-07-18 23:05     ` Guenter Roeck
2013-07-19 10:23     ` [PATCH v4] " Jonas Jensen
2013-07-20 16:40       ` Arnd Bergmann
2013-07-21  7:33       ` Guenter Roeck
2013-07-29 10:20       ` [PATCH v5] " Jonas Jensen
2013-07-29 11:05         ` Guenter Roeck
2013-07-29 11:41         ` [PATCH v6] " Jonas Jensen
2013-07-29 11:57           ` Guenter Roeck
2013-07-29 12:33           ` [PATCH v7] " Jonas Jensen
2013-07-29 22:18             ` Guenter Roeck
2013-08-02 11:41             ` Mark Rutland
2013-08-02 14:55               ` Jonas Jensen
2013-08-02 16:39               ` Guenter Roeck [this message]
2013-08-05 10:12                 ` Mark Rutland
2013-08-02 14:40             ` [PATCH v8] " Jonas Jensen
2013-08-02 23:58               ` Guenter Roeck

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