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Message-ID: <530C5AE8.8010709@roeck-us.net>
Date: Tue, 25 Feb 2014 00:57:12 -0800
From: Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>
To: Wei Ni <wni@...dia.com>, "khali@...ux-fr.org" <khali@...ux-fr.org>
CC: "lm-sensors@...sensors.org" <lm-sensors@...sensors.org>,
"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] hwmon: (lm90) split set&show temp as common codes
On 02/25/2014 12:21 AM, Wei Ni wrote:
> On 02/25/2014 02:32 PM, Guenter Roeck wrote:
>> On 02/24/2014 10:21 PM, Wei Ni wrote:
>>> Split set&show temp codes as common functions, so we can use it
>>> directly when implement linux thermal framework.
>>> And handle error return value for the lm90_select_remote_channel
>>> and write_tempx, then set_temp8 and set_temp11 could return it
>>> to user-space.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Wei Ni <wni@...dia.com>
>>> Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <khali@...ux-fr.org>
>>> ---
>>> drivers/hwmon/lm90.c | 170 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----------------
>>> 1 file changed, 115 insertions(+), 55 deletions(-)
>>>
>>> diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/lm90.c b/drivers/hwmon/lm90.c
>>> index c9ff08d..fb9e224 100644
>>> --- a/drivers/hwmon/lm90.c
>>> +++ b/drivers/hwmon/lm90.c
>>> @@ -473,20 +473,29 @@ static int lm90_read16(struct i2c_client *client, u8 regh, u8 regl, u16 *value)
>>> * various registers have different meanings as a result of selecting a
>>> * non-default remote channel.
>>> */
>>> -static inline void lm90_select_remote_channel(struct i2c_client *client,
>>> - struct lm90_data *data,
>>> - int channel)
>>> +static inline int lm90_select_remote_channel(struct i2c_client *client,
>>> + struct lm90_data *data,
>>> + int channel)
>>> {
>>> u8 config;
>>> + int err;
>>>
>>> if (data->kind == max6696) {
>>> lm90_read_reg(client, LM90_REG_R_CONFIG1, &config);
>>> config &= ~0x08;
>>> if (channel)
>>> config |= 0x08;
>>> - i2c_smbus_write_byte_data(client, LM90_REG_W_CONFIG1,
>>> - config);
>>> + err = i2c_smbus_write_byte_data(client, LM90_REG_W_CONFIG1,
>>> + config);
>>> + if (err < 0) {
>>> + dev_err(&client->dev,
>>> + "Failed to select remote channel %d, err %d\n",
>>> + channel, err);
>>> + return err;
>>
>> Not my call to make, but I really dislike all that new noisiness.
>> Sure, it is ok to pass the error back, but in my opinion that is
>> good enough. If every driver in the kernel would be that noisy,
>> the log would be all but useless.
>
> This was discussed in https://lkml.org/lkml/2013/12/227
> Jean wish to catch and return write errors,then the set_temp8() could
> return error to user-space.
>
The link doesn't work for me. Anyway, catching write errors and being
noisy about it are different issues, and I am a bit surprised that
Jean wants the driver to be noisy about it, but if so I won't object.
Guenter
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