linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/5] ASoC: dapm: If one widget fails, do not force all subsequent widgets to fail too

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Message-ID: <20120731151559.GB4468@opensource.wolfsonmicro.com>
Date:	Tue, 31 Jul 2012 16:15:59 +0100
From:	Mark Brown <broonie@...nsource.wolfsonmicro.com>
To:	Lee Jones <lee.jones@...aro.org>
Cc:	linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	STEricsson_nomadik_linux@...t.st.com, linus.walleij@...ricsson.com,
	arnd@...db.de, olalilja@...oo.se, ola.o.lilja@...ricsson.com,
	alsa-devel@...a-project.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/5] ASoC: dapm: If one widget fails, do not force all
 subsequent widgets to fail too

On Tue, Jul 31, 2012 at 04:09:08PM +0100, Lee Jones wrote:
> On 31/07/12 15:56, Mark Brown wrote:

> >To reiterate, this is in *no* way urgent or even a bug fix.

> It fixes sound in our driver.

> Without this the card failes to instantiate.

You're kidding, right?  Fix the actual error.

> Isn't the return code incorrect? There are a multitude of reasons
> why snd_soc_dapm_new_control() would fail. No-memory is just one of
> them, so why do we force this probable lie?

I don't think anyone actually cares what the error code is, feel free to
pick another random number.
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