netdev.vger.kernel.org archive mirror
 help / color / mirror / Atom feed
From: Sergei Shtylyov <sergei.shtylyov@cogentembedded.com>
To: Julia Lawall <julia.lawall@lip6.fr>
Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, kernel-janitors@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 6/7] drivers: net: cpsw: fix error return code
Date: Sat, 26 Dec 2015 20:50:34 +0300	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <567ED36A.9000701@cogentembedded.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <alpine.DEB.2.02.1512261838330.2064@localhost6.localdomain6>

On 12/26/2015 8:40 PM, Julia Lawall wrote:

>>> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/ti/cpsw.c
>>> b/drivers/net/ethernet/ti/cpsw.c
>>> index 3409e80..6a76992 100644
>>> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/ti/cpsw.c
>>> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/ti/cpsw.c
>>> @@ -2448,8 +2448,10 @@ static int cpsw_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
>>>
>>>    	/* RX IRQ */
>>>    	irq = platform_get_irq(pdev, 1);
>>> -	if (irq < 0)
>>> +	if (irq < 0) {
>>> +		ret = -ENOENT;
>>
>>     Why not just propagate an error returned by that function?
>
> OK, I did what was done a few lines before in the same function:
>
>          ndev->irq = platform_get_irq(pdev, 1);
>          if (ndev->irq < 0) {
> 		dev_err(priv->dev, "error getting irq resource\n");
>                  ret = -ENOENT;
>                  goto clean_ale_ret;
>          }
>
> Maybe they should all be changed?

    Yeah, I'd vote for it. I'm seeing no sense in overriding an actual error.

[...]

> julia

MBR, Sergei

  reply	other threads:[~2015-12-26 17:50 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2015-12-26 15:28 [PATCH 0/7] fix error return code Julia Lawall
2015-12-26 15:28 ` [PATCH 6/7] drivers: net: cpsw: " Julia Lawall
2015-12-26 17:36   ` Sergei Shtylyov
2015-12-26 17:40     ` Julia Lawall
2015-12-26 17:50       ` Sergei Shtylyov [this message]
2015-12-26 19:12         ` [PATCH 6/7 v2] " Julia Lawall
2015-12-26 19:51         ` [PATCH 6/7] " Sergei Shtylyov
2015-12-26 20:07           ` Julia Lawall
2015-12-26 20:11             ` Sergei Shtylyov

Reply instructions:

You may reply publicly to this message via plain-text email
using any one of the following methods:

* Save the following mbox file, import it into your mail client,
  and reply-to-all from there: mbox

  Avoid top-posting and favor interleaved quoting:
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posting_style#Interleaved_style

* Reply using the --to, --cc, and --in-reply-to
  switches of git-send-email(1):

  git send-email \
    --in-reply-to=567ED36A.9000701@cogentembedded.com \
    --to=sergei.shtylyov@cogentembedded.com \
    --cc=julia.lawall@lip6.fr \
    --cc=kernel-janitors@vger.kernel.org \
    --cc=linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org \
    --cc=netdev@vger.kernel.org \
    /path/to/YOUR_REPLY

  https://kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/git-send-email.html

* If your mail client supports setting the In-Reply-To header
  via mailto: links, try the mailto: link
Be sure your reply has a Subject: header at the top and a blank line before the message body.
This is a public inbox, see mirroring instructions
for how to clone and mirror all data and code used for this inbox;
as well as URLs for NNTP newsgroup(s).