On Tuesday 10 March 2026 12:49:26 Philipp Hahn wrote:
> IS_ERR_OR_NULL() already uses likely(!ptr) internally. checkpatch does
> not like nesting it:
> > WARNING: nested (un)?likely() calls, IS_ERR_OR_NULL already uses
> > unlikely() internally
> Remove the explicit use of unlikely().
>
> Change generated with coccinelle.
Hello, exactly same patch was sent to the list more times and was rejected.
The last attempt was here:
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-input/1570869407-41262-1-git-send-email-zhengbin13@huawei.com/t/#u
And the previous one with discussion and explanation is there:
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-input/1566298572-12409-2-git-send-email-info@metux.net/t/#u
> To: "Pali Rohár" <pali@kernel.org>
> To: Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com>
> Cc: linux-input@vger.kernel.org
> Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
> Signed-off-by: Philipp Hahn <phahn-oss@avm.de>
> ---
> drivers/input/mouse/alps.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/input/mouse/alps.c b/drivers/input/mouse/alps.c
> index f3d3b6b4e02d798e75a90333ace72a367befdbac..82e11efad7f7f02b4aaefde340f9b71fa792cf6b 100644
> --- a/drivers/input/mouse/alps.c
> +++ b/drivers/input/mouse/alps.c
> @@ -1482,7 +1482,7 @@ static void alps_report_bare_ps2_packet(struct psmouse *psmouse,
> /* On V2 devices the DualPoint Stick reports bare packets */
> dev = priv->dev2;
> dev2 = psmouse->dev;
> - } else if (unlikely(IS_ERR_OR_NULL(priv->dev3))) {
> + } else if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(priv->dev3)) {
> /* Register dev3 mouse if we received PS/2 packet first time */
> if (!IS_ERR(priv->dev3))
> psmouse_queue_work(psmouse, &priv->dev3_register_work,
>
> --
> 2.43.0
>