From: Dan Carpenter <error27@gmail.com>
To: Alfie Varghese <alfievarghese22@gmail.com>
Cc: neil.armstrong@linaro.org, gregkh@linuxfoundation.org,
linux-media@vger.kernel.org, linux-staging@lists.linux.dev,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-amlogic@lists.infradead.org,
dan.carpenter@linaro.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] staging: media: meson: vdec: propagate devm_clk_get() errors
Date: Tue, 14 Jul 2026 17:48:52 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <alZMVMH5t9WI3iSC@stanley.mountain> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260714140458.1276-1-alfievarghese22@gmail.com>
On Tue, Jul 14, 2026 at 07:34:58PM +0530, Alfie Varghese wrote:
> vdec_probe() hardcodes -EPROBE_DEFER for all devm_clk_get() failures.
> This masks the actual error code returned by the clock framework, such
> as -ENOENT when a clock is not registered or -ENOMEM on allocation
> failure.
>
> Return PTR_ERR() instead to propagate the real error to the caller.
>
> Fixes: 4f75e7dfa6dc ("media: meson: vdec: add driver")
> Signed-off-by: Alfie Varghese <alfievarghese22@gmail.com>
> ---
Thanks!
Reviewed-by: Dan Carpenter <error27@gmail.com>
regards,
dan carpenter
WARNING: multiple messages have this Message-ID (diff)
From: Dan Carpenter <error27@gmail.com>
To: Alfie Varghese <alfievarghese22@gmail.com>
Cc: neil.armstrong@linaro.org, gregkh@linuxfoundation.org,
linux-media@vger.kernel.org, linux-staging@lists.linux.dev,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-amlogic@lists.infradead.org,
dan.carpenter@linaro.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] staging: media: meson: vdec: propagate devm_clk_get() errors
Date: Tue, 14 Jul 2026 17:48:52 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <alZMVMH5t9WI3iSC@stanley.mountain> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260714140458.1276-1-alfievarghese22@gmail.com>
On Tue, Jul 14, 2026 at 07:34:58PM +0530, Alfie Varghese wrote:
> vdec_probe() hardcodes -EPROBE_DEFER for all devm_clk_get() failures.
> This masks the actual error code returned by the clock framework, such
> as -ENOENT when a clock is not registered or -ENOMEM on allocation
> failure.
>
> Return PTR_ERR() instead to propagate the real error to the caller.
>
> Fixes: 4f75e7dfa6dc ("media: meson: vdec: add driver")
> Signed-off-by: Alfie Varghese <alfievarghese22@gmail.com>
> ---
Thanks!
Reviewed-by: Dan Carpenter <error27@gmail.com>
regards,
dan carpenter
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-07-14 14:49 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-07-14 14:04 [PATCH v2] staging: media: meson: vdec: propagate devm_clk_get() errors Alfie Varghese
2026-07-14 14:04 ` Alfie Varghese
2026-07-14 14:28 ` Nicolas Dufresne
2026-07-14 14:28 ` Nicolas Dufresne
2026-07-14 14:37 ` sashiko-bot
2026-07-14 14:48 ` Dan Carpenter [this message]
2026-07-14 14:48 ` Dan Carpenter
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