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

From: Sergei Shtylyov <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 26 Dec 2015 22:51:30 +0300

Hello.

On 12/26/2015 08:50 PM, Sergei Shtylyov 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.

    Hm, I decided to check drivers/base/dd.c and I think I maybe know the 
reason now: -ENXIO, usually returned by platform_get_irq(), is silently 
"swallowed" by really_probe(); to be precise, -ENODEV and -ENXIO are only 
reported with pr_debug(), while -ENOENT causes printk(KERN_WARNING, ...)...

> [...]
>> julia

MBR, Sergei