linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] ptp: ixp46x: remove NO

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Date:   Tue, 06 Sep 2016 21:18:50 +0200
From:   Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
To:     Richard Cochran <richardcochran@...il.com>
Cc:     "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Kefeng Wang <wangkefeng.wang@...wei.com>,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ptp: ixp46x: remove NO_IRQ handling

On Tuesday, September 6, 2016 6:39:10 PM CEST Richard Cochran wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 06, 2016 at 04:28:30PM +0200, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> > gpio_to_irq does not return NO_IRQ but instead returns a negative
> > error code on failure. Returning NO_IRQ from the function has no
> > negative effects as we only compare the result to the expected
> > interrupt number, but it's better to return a proper failure
> > code for consistency, and we should remove NO_IRQ from the kernel
> > entirely.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
> 
> Acked-by: Richard Cochran <richardcochran@...il.com>

Thanks!

I just realized that the randconfig builder had not picked up this
one and there was a typo. I'll send a replacement patch with your
Ack added in.

	Arnd