linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 08/10] mfd: rtsx: add support for rts524A

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Message-ID: <20150119074046.GM3574@x1>
Date:	Mon, 19 Jan 2015 07:40:46 +0000
From:	Lee Jones <lee.jones@...aro.org>
To:	敬锐 <micky_ching@...lsil.com.cn>
Cc:	"sameo@...ux.intel.com" <sameo@...ux.intel.com>,
	"devel@...uxdriverproject.org" <devel@...uxdriverproject.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"gregkh@...uxfoundation.org" <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	"rogerable@...ltek.com" <rogerable@...ltek.com>,
	王炜 <wei_wang@...lsil.com.cn>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 08/10] mfd: rtsx: add support for rts524A

On Mon, 19 Jan 2015, 敬锐 wrote:

> 
> On 01/18/2015 08:20 PM, Lee Jones wrote:
> >> +static int rts524a_optimize_phy(struct rtsx_pcr *pcr)
> >> >+{
> >> >+	int err;
> >> >+
> >> >+	err = rtsx_pci_write_register(pcr, RTS524A_PM_CTRL3,
> >> >+		D3_DELINK_MODE_EN, 0x00);
> >> >+	if (err < 0)
> >> >+		return err;
> > if (err)
> >
> err value will never be positive, but I have to make it consistence
> with driver in other place, because all the check using if (err < 0) form.

Then all of them should be changed.

> And maybe, it make reserved for future the function may return positive
> value.

I'd prefer not to live in the world of 'what if'.  I think only
checking for a less than zero error value insinuates that a greater
than zero return is acceptable, but in this case is it not.

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Lee Jones
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