linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] driver: rtc: tps65910: Add parameter check

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Date:   Mon, 3 Apr 2017 13:01:27 +0200
From:   Alexandre Belloni <alexandre.belloni@...e-electrons.com>
To:     Daniel Schultz <d.schultz@...tec.de>
Cc:     a.zummo@...ertech.it, rtc-linux@...glegroups.com,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH]  driver: rtc: tps65910: Add parameter check

Hi,

On 15/03/2017 at 11:52:32 +0100, Daniel Schultz wrote:
> If the tps65910 driver has no interrupt, the probe of tps65910-rtc will
> fail.
> 
> This patch adds a check in the probe of the rtc if an interrupt exist.
> The check is similar to the check in the function which creates the
> interrupt.
> 

Can you elaborate on what this is fixing? If the probe already fails I'm
not sure why your patch is also making it fail.

> Signed-off-by: Daniel Schultz <d.schultz@...tec.de>
> ---
>  drivers/rtc/rtc-tps65910.c | 5 +++++
>  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/rtc/rtc-tps65910.c b/drivers/rtc/rtc-tps65910.c
> index d0244d7..8c5ca11 100644
> --- a/drivers/rtc/rtc-tps65910.c
> +++ b/drivers/rtc/rtc-tps65910.c
> @@ -375,6 +375,11 @@ static int tps65910_rtc_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
>  
>  	tps65910 = dev_get_drvdata(pdev->dev.parent);
>  
> +	if (!tps65910->chip_irq) {
> +		dev_warn(&pdev->dev, "No interrupt support, not created\n");
> +		return -EINVAL;
> +	}
> +
>  	tps_rtc = devm_kzalloc(&pdev->dev, sizeof(struct tps65910_rtc),
>  			GFP_KERNEL);
>  	if (!tps_rtc)
> -- 
> 1.9.1
> 

-- 
Alexandre Belloni, Free Electrons
Embedded Linux and Kernel engineering
http://free-electrons.com