On Wed, 2012-12-19 at 09:26 +0000, Russell King - ARM Linux wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 19, 2012 at 05:10:33PM +1300, Tony Prisk wrote:
> > Hi Mike,
> > 
> > In attempting to remove some IS_ERR_OR_NULL references, it was pointed
> > out that clk_get() can return NULL if CONFIG_HAVE_CLK is not defined.
> 
> That is correct - but why is that a problem?  As far as users are
> concerned, NULL is a valid clock.  If HAVE_CLK is undefined, do you
> want all your drivers to suddenly stop working?

That will be where the misunderstanding has occurred - I didn't consider
NULL to be a valid clock.

Given that NULL is a valid clock, I guess all tests against get_clk and
of_get_clk results should be IS_ERR_OR_NULL. Correct?

Regards
Tony P

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