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From: viresh.kumar@st.com (viresh kumar)
To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org
Subject: [PATCH 5/5] driver core: let dev_set_drvdata return int instead of void as it can fail
Date: Wed, 6 Apr 2011 15:40:26 +0530	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4D9C3C12.4090408@st.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1302081865-2962-5-git-send-email-u.kleine-koenig@pengutronix.de>

On 04/06/2011 02:54 PM, Uwe Kleine-K?nig wrote:
> Signed-off-by: Uwe Kleine-K?nig <u.kleine-koenig@pengutronix.de>
> ---
> Hello,
> 
> I wasn't sure what to return when dev_set_drvdata is called with
> dev=NULL.  I choosed 0, but -EINVAL would be OK for me, too. What do you
> think?

Uwe,

I feel -EINVAL would be more appropriate here.
Return value of 0 would mean drvdata is set properly, which is not the case.

Otherwise, patch series looks fine to me. Please add my reviewed-by for all patches.

Reviewed-by: Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@st.com>

-- 
viresh

  parent reply	other threads:[~2011-04-06 10:10 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 32+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2011-03-01  4:33 [RFC] device.h: add device_set_platdata routine Viresh Kumar
2011-03-01  7:59 ` Uwe Kleine-König
2011-03-01  8:27   ` viresh kumar
2011-03-01  9:05     ` Uwe Kleine-König
2011-03-01  9:13       ` viresh kumar
2011-03-01 15:34   ` Greg KH
2011-04-06  9:24     ` [PATCH 1/5] driver core/platform_device_add_data: set platform_data to NULL if !data Uwe Kleine-König
2011-04-11 18:50       ` Uwe Kleine-König
2011-04-11 19:07         ` Greg KH
2011-04-06  9:24     ` [PATCH 2/5] driver core/platform_device_add_data: free platform data before overwriting Uwe Kleine-König
2011-04-06  9:24     ` [PATCH 3/5] driver core/platform_device_add_resources: set resource to NULL if !res Uwe Kleine-König
2011-04-06  9:24     ` [PATCH 4/5] driver core/platform_device_add_resources: free resource before overwriting Uwe Kleine-König
2011-04-06  9:24     ` [PATCH 5/5] driver core: let dev_set_drvdata return int instead of void as it can fail Uwe Kleine-König
2011-04-06  9:36       ` Michał Mirosław
2011-04-06 11:06         ` Uwe Kleine-König
2011-04-06 11:25           ` Michał Mirosław
2011-04-11 18:42             ` [PATCH v2] " Uwe Kleine-König
2011-04-19 23:58               ` Greg KH
2011-04-20  7:42                 ` Uwe Kleine-König
2011-04-20  7:44                   ` [PATCH v2 1/5] driver core/platform_device_add_data: set platform_data to NULL if !data Uwe Kleine-König
2011-04-20  7:44                     ` [PATCH v2 2/5] driver core/platform_device_add_data: free platform data before overwriting Uwe Kleine-König
2011-04-20  7:44                     ` [PATCH v2 3/5] driver core/platform_device_add_resources: set resource to NULL if !res Uwe Kleine-König
2011-04-20  7:44                     ` [PATCH v2 4/5] driver core/platform_device_add_resources: free resource before overwriting Uwe Kleine-König
2011-04-20  7:44                     ` [PATCH v2 5/5] driver core: let dev_set_drvdata return int instead of void as it can fail Uwe Kleine-König
2011-04-29  8:12                       ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2011-04-29  9:16                         ` Uwe Kleine-König
2011-04-20 16:17                   ` [PATCH v2] " Greg KH
2011-04-20  9:09                 ` Michał Mirosław
2011-04-20 16:15                   ` Greg KH
2011-04-20 17:59                     ` Michał Mirosław
2011-04-06 10:10       ` viresh kumar [this message]
2011-04-06 11:41       ` [PATCH 5/5] " Michał Mirosław

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