Re: [PATCH 1/9] gpib: agilent_82350b: Unify *allocate_private

[Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>]

On Tue, Jan 13, 2026 at 07:08:43PM +0000, Dominik Karol Piątkowski wrote:
> Return values for *allocate_private functions as well as calling code in
> gpib driver are all over the place. Unify them by returning -errno if
> something fails, zero otherwise. Use the returned value as early return
> value in case of error.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Dominik Karol Piątkowski <dominik.karol.piatkowski@protonmail.com>
> ---
>  drivers/gpib/agilent_82350b/agilent_82350b.c | 5 +++--
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/gpib/agilent_82350b/agilent_82350b.c b/drivers/gpib/agilent_82350b/agilent_82350b.c
> index 01a5bb43cd2d..f5f102863e47 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpib/agilent_82350b/agilent_82350b.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpib/agilent_82350b/agilent_82350b.c
> @@ -599,8 +599,9 @@ static int agilent_82350b_generic_attach(struct gpib_board *board,
>  
>  	board->status = 0;
>  
> -	if (agilent_82350b_allocate_private(board))
> -		return -ENOMEM;
> +	retval = agilent_82350b_allocate_private(board);
> +	if (retval < 0)
> +		return retval;

This should be:
	if (retval)
		return retval;

right?

And the function only returns either 0 or -ENOMEM, so your changelog
text is not correct.

thanks,

greg k-h