linux-kernel - Re: [PATCHv2] braille-console: Fix value returned by _braille_console

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Date:   Tue, 28 Mar 2017 00:43:41 +0900
From:   Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky@...il.com>
To:     Samuel Thibault <samuel.thibault@...-lyon.org>,
        Petr Mladek <pmladek@...e.com>
Cc:     Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
        Ming Lei <ming.lei@...onical.com>,
        Aleksey Makarov <aleksey.makarov@...aro.org>,
        linux-serial@...r.kernel.org, Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCHv2] braille-console: Fix value returned by
 _braille_console_setup

On (03/26/17 22:47), Samuel Thibault wrote:
> commit bbeddf52adc1 ("printk: move braille console support into
> separate braille.[ch] files") introduced _braille_console_setup()
> to outline the braille initialization code.  There was however some
> confusion over the value it was supposed to return. commit 2cfe6c4ac7ee
> ("printk: Fix return of braille_register_console()") tried to fix it
> but failed to.
> 
> This fixes and documents the returned value according to the use
> in printk.c: non-zero return means a parsing error, and thus this
> console configuration should be ignored.

I just found this patch in my gmail "spam" folder.

sorry.


the patch looks OK to me.

btw, is there any reason why _braille_console_setup() and
_braille_register_console()/_braille_unregister_console()
names start with a dash? do we also want to "clean this up"?
well since we are at it.

	-ss