Re: [PATCH] mfd: (max8997) Handle the potential error for mfd_add_devices

[Lee Jones <lee.jones@linaro.org>]

The $SUBJECT line does not conform to what's expected of MFD commits.

The $SUBJECT line is vague and you are missing a commit body.

Please read:
  Documentation/SubmittingPatches

Specifically No2.

> Signed-off-by: Laszlo Papp <lpapp@kde.org>
> ---
>  drivers/mfd/max8997.c | 10 +++++-----
>  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/mfd/max8997.c b/drivers/mfd/max8997.c
> index 791aea3..ace1a2b 100644
> --- a/drivers/mfd/max8997.c
> +++ b/drivers/mfd/max8997.c
> @@ -227,19 +227,19 @@ static int max8997_i2c_probe(struct i2c_client *i2c,
>  	pm_runtime_set_active(max8997->dev);
>  
>  	max8997_irq_init(max8997);
> -

Why have you removed this line?

> -	mfd_add_devices(max8997->dev, -1, max8997_devs,
> +	ret = mfd_add_devices(max8997->dev, -1, max8997_devs,
>  			ARRAY_SIZE(max8997_devs),
>  			NULL, 0, NULL);
> +	if (ret < 0) {
> +		dev_err(max8997->dev, "cannot add mfd cells\n");

We're adding devices here, not cells.

  "failed to add devices"

> +		goto err_mfd;
> +	}
>  
>  	/*
>  	 * TODO: enable others (flash, muic, rtc, battery, ...) and
>  	 * check the return value
>  	 */
>  
> -	if (ret < 0)
> -		goto err_mfd;
> -
>  	/* MAX8997 has a power button input. */
>  	device_init_wakeup(max8997->dev, pdata->wakeup);
>  

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Lee Jones
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