Subject: Re: [PATCH 6/7] drivers: net: cpsw: fix error return code

From: Sergei Shtylyov <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 26 Dec 2015 20:50:34 +0300

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.

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> julia

MBR, Sergei