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From:   Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>
Date:   Fri, 21 Feb 2020 10:36:30 +0100
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Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 1/7] i2c: add sanity check for parameter of i2c_verify_client()
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Hi Wolfram,

On Thu, Feb 20, 2020 at 6:26 PM Wolfram Sang
<wsa+renesas@sang-engineering.com> wrote:
> We export this function, so we should check the paramter to make it

parameter

> NULL-compatible.
>
> Signed-off-by: Wolfram Sang <wsa+renesas@sang-engineering.com>

Reviewed-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@glider.be>

And then the check in i2c_acpi_find_client_by_adev() can be removed.
BTW, can the i2c_verify_client() check in that function actually fail?
If yes, it should call put_device(dev) on failure, like
of_find_i2c_device_by_node() does.

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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