From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DD1E8C433EF for ; Mon, 8 Nov 2021 15:59:51 +0000 (UTC) Received: from lists.ozlabs.org (lists.ozlabs.org [112.213.38.117]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id E963B61178 for ; Mon, 8 Nov 2021 15:59:50 +0000 (UTC) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.4.1 mail.kernel.org E963B61178 Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dmarc=fail (p=none dis=none) header.from=alien8.de Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=lists.ozlabs.org Received: from boromir.ozlabs.org (localhost [IPv6:::1]) by lists.ozlabs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4HnwmP1fZzz305t for ; Tue, 9 Nov 2021 02:59:49 +1100 (AEDT) Authentication-Results: lists.ozlabs.org; dkim=fail reason="signature verification failed" (1024-bit key; unprotected) header.d=alien8.de header.i=@alien8.de header.a=rsa-sha256 header.s=dkim header.b=LCBDSZEh; dkim-atps=neutral Authentication-Results: lists.ozlabs.org; spf=pass (sender SPF authorized) smtp.mailfrom=alien8.de (client-ip=2a01:4f8:190:11c2::b:1457; helo=mail.skyhub.de; envelope-from=bp@alien8.de; receiver=) Authentication-Results: lists.ozlabs.org; dkim=pass (1024-bit key; unprotected) header.d=alien8.de header.i=@alien8.de header.a=rsa-sha256 header.s=dkim header.b=LCBDSZEh; dkim-atps=neutral Received: from mail.skyhub.de (mail.skyhub.de [IPv6:2a01:4f8:190:11c2::b:1457]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by lists.ozlabs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4Hnwlg5mfVz2yg1 for ; Tue, 9 Nov 2021 02:59:11 +1100 (AEDT) Received: from zn.tnic (p200300ec2f331100b486bab6e60d7aaf.dip0.t-ipconnect.de [IPv6:2003:ec:2f33:1100:b486:bab6:e60d:7aaf]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.skyhub.de (SuperMail on ZX Spectrum 128k) with ESMTPSA id 341131EC04DE; Mon, 8 Nov 2021 16:59:08 +0100 (CET) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=alien8.de; s=dkim; t=1636387148; h=from:from:reply-to:subject:subject:date:date:message-id:message-id: to:to:cc:cc:mime-version:mime-version:content-type:content-type: content-transfer-encoding:in-reply-to:in-reply-to: references:references; bh=JALJsenIQCt4BletZS/B+Zq0YBxBp6L9Ch45cvOw8XQ=; b=LCBDSZEhct23FIVquhfAlhIS3MpLXm84rotG+ppp99dGMPWi9iJHGgKkfiFg0DoLQ+NSWf ixY2Bl+WafqAknd6kFkKb4q9SvLPR/pI4iyCTMD6S/zki4CWzqH6/1ZBq8awazUNWt4Xi0 idSLz3mdlao9wfI9n1SzGKhLH2sR0dI= Date: Mon, 8 Nov 2021 16:58:57 +0100 From: Borislav Petkov To: Geert Uytterhoeven Subject: Re: [PATCH v0 42/42] notifier: Return an error when callback is already registered Message-ID: References: <20211108101157.15189-1-bp@alien8.de> <20211108101157.15189-43-bp@alien8.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: X-BeenThere: linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: Linux on PowerPC Developers Mail List List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Cc: ALSA Development Mailing List , the arch/x86 maintainers , Linux-sh list , linux-iio@vger.kernel.org, "open list:REMOTE PROCESSOR \(REMOTEPROC\) SUBSYSTEM" , linux-hyperv@vger.kernel.org, "open list:BROADCOM NVRAM DRIVER" , netdev , Ayush Sawal , sparclinux , linux-clk , linux-leds , linux-s390 , scsi , Rohit Maheshwari , linux-staging@lists.linux.dev, bcm-kernel-feedback-list , openipmi-developer@lists.sourceforge.net, xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org, "open list:TENSILICA XTENSA PORT \(xtensa\)" , Arnd Bergmann , Linux PM list , Intel Graphics Development , Vinay Kumar Yadav , linux-um , Steven Rostedt , rcu@vger.kernel.org, Linux Fbdev development list , linux-tegra , Thomas Gleixner , intel-gvt-dev@lists.freedesktop.org, Linux ARM , linux-edac@vger.kernel.org, Parisc List , Greg Kroah-Hartman , USB list , LKML , Linux-Renesas , Linux Crypto Mailing List , alpha , linuxppc-dev Errors-To: linuxppc-dev-bounces+linuxppc-dev=archiver.kernel.org@lists.ozlabs.org Sender: "Linuxppc-dev" On Mon, Nov 08, 2021 at 04:25:47PM +0100, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote: > I'm not against returning proper errors codes. I'm against forcing > callers to check things that cannot fail and to add individual error > printing to each and every caller. If you're against checking things at the callers, then the registration function should be void. IOW, those APIs are not optimally designed atm. > Note that in other areas, we are moving in the other direction, > to a centralized printing of error messages, cfr. e.g. commit > 7723f4c5ecdb8d83 ("driver core: platform: Add an error message to > platform_get_irq*()"). Yes, thus my other idea to add a lower level __notifier_chain_register() to do the checking. I'll see if I can convert those notifier registration functions to return void, in the process. But let's see what the others think first. Thanks for taking the time. -- Regards/Gruss, Boris. https://people.kernel.org/tglx/notes-about-netiquette