net: pcs: lynx: change lynx_pcs_create() to return error-pointers
Change lynx_pcs_create() to return an error-pointer on failure to allocate memory, rather than returning NULL. This allows the removal of the conversion in lynx_pcs_create_fwnode() and lynx_pcs_create_mdiodev(). Signed-off-by: Russell King (Oracle) <rmk+kernel@armlinux.org.uk> Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
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@ -313,7 +313,7 @@ static struct phylink_pcs *lynx_pcs_create(struct mdio_device *mdio)
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lynx = kzalloc(sizeof(*lynx), GFP_KERNEL);
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if (!lynx)
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return NULL;
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return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
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mdio_device_get(mdio);
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lynx->mdio = mdio;
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@ -334,12 +334,6 @@ struct phylink_pcs *lynx_pcs_create_mdiodev(struct mii_bus *bus, int addr)
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pcs = lynx_pcs_create(mdio);
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/* Convert failure to create the PCS to an error pointer, so this
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* function has a consistent return value strategy.
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*/
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if (!pcs)
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pcs = ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
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/* lynx_create() has taken a refcount on the mdiodev if it was
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* successful. If lynx_create() fails, this will free the mdio
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* device here. In any case, we don't need to hold our reference
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@ -363,12 +357,6 @@ struct phylink_pcs *lynx_pcs_create_fwnode(struct fwnode_handle *node)
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pcs = lynx_pcs_create(mdio);
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/* Convert failure to create the PCS to an error pointer, so this
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* function has a consistent return value strategy.
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*/
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if (!pcs)
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pcs = ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
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/* lynx_create() has taken a refcount on the mdiodev if it was
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* successful. If lynx_create() fails, this will free the mdio
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* device here. In any case, we don't need to hold our reference
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