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Date: Sat, 23 Jun 2012 23:56:15 +0530
From: "devendra.aaru" <devendra.aaru@...il.com>
To: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc: Evgeniy Polyakov <zbr@...emap.net>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] drivers/w1: free the w1_master at w1_free_dev and return
a correct return value
Hi Greg,
On Thu, Jun 21, 2012 at 8:09 PM, Greg Kroah-Hartman
<gregkh@...uxfoundation.org> wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 21, 2012 at 10:14:53AM +0530, devendra.aaru wrote:
>> Hi Greg,
>>
>> Yeah, correct but the following change is correct no?
>>
>> int w1_add_master_device(struct w1_bus_master *master)
>> @@ -148,7 +149,7 @@ int w1_add_master_device(struct w1_bus_master *master)
>> &w1_master_driver, &w1_master_device);
>> if (!dev) {
>> mutex_unlock(&w1_mlock);
>> - return -ENOMEM;
>> + return -ENODEV;
>
> Possibly, care to resend it in a format that explains it and allows it
> to be applied?
>
I think i need to go through the kernel doc, and figure out what
should be returned and why.
I think we need to send -EINVAL as most of the drivers does if their
registration fails.
It may take more time to send the patch out :(. sorry.
> thanks,
>
> greg k-h
Thanks,
Devendra.
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