Re: [PATCH 2/2] staging: sm750fb: propagate error codes from de_wait()

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

On Thu, Apr 09, 2026 at 02:41:19PM +0000, Hungyu Lin wrote:
> The sm750 acceleration functions currently return -1 when
> de_wait() fails, discarding the original error code.
> 
> Since de_wait() now returns proper errno values, propagate
> the error code instead of returning -1.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Hungyu Lin <dennylin0707@gmail.com>
> ---
>  drivers/staging/sm750fb/sm750_accel.c | 22 ++++++++++++----------
>  1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/sm750fb/sm750_accel.c b/drivers/staging/sm750fb/sm750_accel.c
> index 0f94d859e91c..891d12a5e2cc 100644
> --- a/drivers/staging/sm750fb/sm750_accel.c
> +++ b/drivers/staging/sm750fb/sm750_accel.c
> @@ -90,14 +90,12 @@ int sm750_hw_fillrect(struct lynx_accel *accel,
>  		      u32 color, u32 rop)
>  {
>  	u32 de_ctrl;
> +	int ret;
>  
> -	if (accel->de_wait() != 0) {
> -		/*
> -		 * int time wait and always busy,seems hardware
> -		 * got something error
> -		 */

Why did you delete the comment?

And when did de_wait() start returning correct values?

thanks,

greg k-h