* [PATCH 04/04] fbdev: maxine: fix maxinefb_init() return value
@ 2026-08-14 2:56 Randy Dunlap
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From: Randy Dunlap @ 2026-08-14 2:56 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: linux-kernel
Cc: Randy Dunlap, sashiko-bot, Helge Deller, linux-fbdev, dri-devel,
Maciej W. Rozycki
A driver should return a negative error code on failure of its
module_init() function so that the system recognizes the failure.
Change the "return 1" to "return -ENODEV".
Suggested-by: sashiko-bot@kernel.org
Link: https://sashiko.dev/#/patchset/20260809234810.982500-1-rdunlap@infradead.org?part=1
Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org>
---
Cc: Helge Deller <deller@gmx.de>
Cc: linux-fbdev@vger.kernel.org
Cc: dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org
Cc: "Maciej W. Rozycki" <macro@orcam.me.uk>
drivers/video/fbdev/maxinefb.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
--- linux-next-20260812.orig/drivers/video/fbdev/maxinefb.c
+++ linux-next-20260812/drivers/video/fbdev/maxinefb.c
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ static int __init maxinefb_init(void)
fb_alloc_cmap(&fb_info.cmap, 256, 0);
if (register_framebuffer(&fb_info) < 0)
- return 1;
+ return -ENODEV;
return 0;
}
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