Re: [PATCH v2 2/5] iio: accel: kionix-kx022a: Warn on failed matches and assume compatibility

[Matti Vaittinen <mazziesaccount@gmail.com>]

On 4/20/23 23:22, Mehdi Djait wrote:
> Avoid error returns on a failure to match and instead just warn with
> assumption that we have a correct dt-binding telling us that
> some new device with a different ID is backwards compatible.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Mehdi Djait <mehdi.djait.k@gmail.com>
> ---
> v2:
> - no changes, this patch is introduced in the v2
> 
>   drivers/iio/accel/kionix-kx022a.c | 4 +---
>   1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/iio/accel/kionix-kx022a.c b/drivers/iio/accel/kionix-kx022a.c
> index f98393d74666..70530005cad3 100644
> --- a/drivers/iio/accel/kionix-kx022a.c
> +++ b/drivers/iio/accel/kionix-kx022a.c
> @@ -1038,9 +1038,7 @@ int kx022a_probe_internal(struct device *dev)
>   		return dev_err_probe(dev, ret, "Failed to access sensor\n");
>   
>   	if (chip_id != KX022A_ID) {
> -		dev_err(dev, "unsupported device 0x%x\n", chip_id);
> -		return -EINVAL;
> -	}
> +		dev_warn(dev, "unsupported device 0x%x\n", chip_id);

Just a 'nit' - no need to re-spin the series for this if there is no 
other changes requested.

Maybe a slightly better wording here would be "unknown device"? If I am 
not mistaken the code proceeds because device is assumed to be supported.

Jonathan, do you think this change is worth backporting? If yes, then we 
might need a Fixes tag.

Acked-by: Matti Vaittinen <mazziesaccount@gmail.com>

>   
>   	irq = fwnode_irq_get_byname(fwnode, "INT1");
>   	if (irq > 0) {

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Matti Vaittinen
Linux kernel developer at ROHM Semiconductors
Oulu Finland

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