[PATCH v2 5/5] driver core: let dev_set_drvdata return int instead of void as it can fail

[u.kleine-koenig@pengutronix.de (Uwe Kleine-König)]

Hello,

On Fri, Apr 29, 2011 at 09:12:57AM +0100, Russell King - ARM Linux wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 20, 2011 at 09:44:46AM +0200, Uwe Kleine-K?nig wrote:
> > Before commit
> > 
> > 	b402843 (Driver core: move dev_get/set_drvdata to drivers/base/dd.c)
> > 
> > calling dev_set_drvdata with dev=NULL was an unchecked error. After some
> > discussion about what to return in this case removing the check (and so
> > producing a null pointer exception) seems fine.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Uwe Kleine-K?nig <u.kleine-koenig@pengutronix.de>
> > ---
> >  drivers/base/dd.c      |    7 +++----
> >  include/linux/device.h |    2 +-
> >  2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/drivers/base/dd.c b/drivers/base/dd.c
> > index da57ee9..f9d69d7 100644
> > --- a/drivers/base/dd.c
> > +++ b/drivers/base/dd.c
> > @@ -408,17 +408,16 @@ void *dev_get_drvdata(const struct device *dev)
> >  }
> >  EXPORT_SYMBOL(dev_get_drvdata);
> >  
> > -void dev_set_drvdata(struct device *dev, void *data)
> > +int dev_set_drvdata(struct device *dev, void *data)
> >  {
> >  	int error;
> >  
> > -	if (!dev)
> > -		return;
> >  	if (!dev->p) {
> >  		error = device_private_init(dev);
> >  		if (error)
> > -			return;
> > +			return error;
> >  	}
> >  	dev->p->driver_data = data;
> > +	return 0;
> 
> Who is going to modify all the thousands of drivers we have in the kernel
> tree to check this return value?
> 
> If the answer is no one, its pointless returning an error value in the
> first place (which I think is what the original author already thought
> about.)
In the meantime I learned that dev->p is valid when the device is
registered. As calling dev_set_drvdata on an unregisted device is not
allowed maybe issuing a warning instead would be OK for me, too.

Thoughts?

Best regards
Uwe

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