linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH net-next] r8152: fix the wrong return value

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Message-Id: <20140103.203759.2168117129392277198.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Fri, 03 Jan 2014 20:37:59 -0500 (EST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	hayeswang@...ltek.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-usb@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] r8152: fix the wrong return value

From: Hayes Wang <hayeswang@...ltek.com>
Date: Fri, 3 Jan 2014 11:21:56 +0800

> The return value should be the boolean value, not the error code.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Hayes Wang <hayeswang@...ltek.com>
> Spotted-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>

Applied, but I agree with others that it's more canonical to have the
function return either an error code, or zero for success, rather than
a boolean.
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