linux-kernel - [PATCH v2 4/4] acpi: Return -ENOENT in acpi_table

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Date:	Tue, 3 Sep 2013 16:45:41 +0800
From:	Tang Chen <tangchen@...fujitsu.com>
To:	tglx@...utronix.de, mingo@...hat.com, hpa@...or.com,
	lenb@...nel.org, rjw@...k.pl, liwanp@...ux.vnet.ibm.com,
	tj@...nel.org, akpm@...ux-foundation.org, joe@...ches.com,
	toshi.kani@...com
Cc:	x86@...nel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH v2 4/4] acpi: Return -ENOENT in acpi_table_parse() and fix wrong comment.

The comment about return value of acpi_table_parse() is incorrect.
This patch fix it.

Since all callers only check if the function succeeded or not, this
patch simplifies the semantics by returning -errno for all failure
cases. This will also simply the comment.

As suggested by Toshi Kani <toshi.kani@...com>, also change the stub
in linux/acpi.h to return -ENODEV.

Signed-off-by: Tang Chen <tangchen@...fujitsu.com>
---
 drivers/acpi/tables.c |    7 ++++---
 include/linux/acpi.h  |    2 +-
 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/acpi/tables.c b/drivers/acpi/tables.c
index 5a5263b..e6de24f 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/tables.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/tables.c
@@ -278,12 +278,13 @@ acpi_table_parse_madt(enum acpi_madt_type id,
 
 /**
  * acpi_table_parse - find table with @id, run @handler on it
- *
  * @id: table id to find
  * @handler: handler to run
  *
  * Scan the ACPI System Descriptor Table (STD) for a table matching @id,
- * run @handler on it.  Return 0 if table found, return on if not.
+ * run @handler on it.
+ *
+ * Return 0 on success, -errno on failure.
  */
 int __init acpi_table_parse(char *id, acpi_tbl_table_handler handler)
 {
@@ -306,7 +307,7 @@ int __init acpi_table_parse(char *id, acpi_tbl_table_handler handler)
 		early_acpi_os_unmap_memory(table, tbl_size);
 		return 0;
 	} else
-		return 1;
+		return -ENOENT;
 }
 
 /* 
diff --git a/include/linux/acpi.h b/include/linux/acpi.h
index 353ba25..39fd53a 100644
--- a/include/linux/acpi.h
+++ b/include/linux/acpi.h
@@ -443,7 +443,7 @@ struct acpi_table_header;
 static inline int acpi_table_parse(char *id,
 				int (*handler)(struct acpi_table_header *))
 {
-	return -1;
+	return -ENODEV;
 }
 
 static inline int acpi_nvs_register(__u64 start, __u64 size)
-- 
1.7.1

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