linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v7 05/24] mfd: max77686: Return correct error when pdata isn't found

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Message-ID: <20140709145346.GG2635@lee--X1>
Date:	Wed, 9 Jul 2014 15:53:46 +0100
From:	Lee Jones <lee.jones@...aro.org>
To:	Javier Martinez Canillas <javier.martinez@...labora.co.uk>
Cc:	Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>,
	Mike Turquette <mturquette@...aro.org>,
	Liam Girdwood <lgirdwood@...il.com>,
	Alessandro Zummo <a.zummo@...ertech.it>,
	Kukjin Kim <kgene.kim@...sung.com>,
	Doug Anderson <dianders@...omium.org>,
	Olof Johansson <olof@...om.net>,
	Tomeu Vizoso <tomeu.vizoso@...labora.com>,
	Krzysztof Kozlowski <k.kozlowski@...sung.com>,
	Yadwinder Singh Brar <yadi.brar01@...il.com>,
	Tushar Behera <trblinux@...il.com>,
	Andreas Farber <afaerber@...e.de>,
	linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, devicetree@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-samsung-soc@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v7 05/24] mfd: max77686: Return correct error when pdata
 isn't found

On Fri, 04 Jul 2014, Javier Martinez Canillas wrote:

> When platform data is not found an -EIO (I/O error) code is returned.
> This doesn't seem to be the correct error so better return -EINVAL
> (Invalid argument) which is what most drivers do in this case.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Javier Martinez Canillas <javier.martinez@...labora.co.uk>
> ---
>  drivers/mfd/max77686.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

Acked-by: Lee Jones <lee.jones@...aro.org>

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