linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] m68k: Remove printk statement and add return statement in q40ints.c

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Message-ID: <53CF3FFB.4080809@roeck-us.net>
Date:	Tue, 22 Jul 2014 21:54:19 -0700
From:	Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>
To:	Nicholas Krause <xerofoify@...il.com>, geert@...ux-m68k.org
CC:	linux-m68k@...ts.linux-m68k.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] m68k: Remove printk statement and add return statement
 in q40ints.c

On 07/22/2014 09:08 PM, Nicholas Krause wrote:
> This removes the printk statement for irqs not defined by the hardware in
> function q40_irq_startup and instead returns -ENXIO as stated by the fix
> me message.
>
> Signed-off-by: Nicholas Krause <xerofoify@...il.com>
> ---
>   arch/m68k/q40/q40ints.c | 3 +--
>   1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/m68k/q40/q40ints.c b/arch/m68k/q40/q40ints.c
> index 513f9bb..86f05c0 100644
> --- a/arch/m68k/q40/q40ints.c
> +++ b/arch/m68k/q40/q40ints.c
> @@ -48,8 +48,7 @@ static unsigned int q40_irq_startup(struct irq_data *data)
>   	switch (irq) {
>   	case 1: case 2: case 8: case 9:
>   	case 11: case 12: case 13:
> -		printk("%s: ISA IRQ %d not implemented by HW\n", __func__, irq);
> -		/* FIXME return -ENXIO; */
> +		return -ENXIO;

Returning -ENXIO from a function returning an unsigned int isn't really very helpful,
don't you think ?

With all those FIXMEs, you might want to keep in mind that there is typically a
good reason for it. If it was as easy as your proposed fix, you can assume
that the FIXME would not have been there in the first place.

Guenter

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