From: Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To: Piro Yang <piroyangg@gmail.com>
Cc: linux-staging@lists.linux.dev,
Linux Outreachy <outreachy@lists.linux.dev>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] staging:vme_user:fix the issue of using the wrong error code
Date: Mon, 11 Dec 2023 17:01:09 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <2023121133-mandatory-idealness-d454@gregkh> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20231211155453.105409-1-piroyangg@gmail.com>
On Mon, Dec 11, 2023 at 11:54:53PM +0800, Piro Yang wrote:
> 1. the error code of ENOSYS indicates Invalid system call number,
> but there is not system call
>
> 2. unified the logging error message, when slave_set func is NULL
That is two different things, and as such, should be two different
changes, right?
Yes, it's picky, but that's what the staging driver code is for, to get
comfortable doing kernel development changes properly.
Also, are you sure this second change is correct:
>
> Signed-off-by: Piro Yang <piroyangg@gmail.com>
> ---
> drivers/staging/vme_user/vme.c | 4 ++--
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/vme_user/vme.c b/drivers/staging/vme_user/vme.c
> index 5c416c31ec57..e9461a7a7ab8 100644
> --- a/drivers/staging/vme_user/vme.c
> +++ b/drivers/staging/vme_user/vme.c
> @@ -340,8 +340,8 @@ int vme_slave_set(struct vme_resource *resource, int enabled,
> image = list_entry(resource->entry, struct vme_slave_resource, list);
>
> if (!bridge->slave_set) {
> - dev_err(bridge->parent, "Function not supported\n");
> - return -ENOSYS;
> + dev_err(bridge->parent, "%s not supported\n", __func__);
__func__ is not the same here as "Function", right? "Function" is the
functionality of the thing that is attempted here, so replacing that
word with the function name seems odd to me, don't you think?
thanks,
greg k-h
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2023-12-11 16:05 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2023-12-11 15:54 [PATCH] staging:vme_user:fix the issue of using the wrong error code Piro Yang
2023-12-11 16:01 ` Greg KH [this message]
2023-12-11 16:13 ` piro yang
2023-12-11 16:37 ` piro yang
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