linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/2] gpio: altera: fix return value of altera_gpio

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Date:	Sun, 21 Jun 2015 16:25:26 +0900
From:	Alexandre Courbot <gnurou@...il.com>
To:	Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@...ionext.com>,
	Tien Hock Loh <thloh@...era.com>
Cc:	"linux-gpio@...r.kernel.org" <linux-gpio@...r.kernel.org>,
	Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] gpio: altera: fix return value of altera_gpio_remove()

On Wed, Jun 17, 2015 at 8:59 PM, Masahiro Yamada
<yamada.masahiro@...ionext.com> wrote:
> The remove callback never succeeds, which seems odd.
>
> Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@...ionext.com>
> ---
>
> I wonder why nobody has pointed this out before me.
> I am suspecting -EIO might be intentional.
> I hope some Altera guys will give me comments.
>
>
>  drivers/gpio/gpio-altera.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/gpio/gpio-altera.c b/drivers/gpio/gpio-altera.c
> index c653c83..5861550 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpio/gpio-altera.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpio/gpio-altera.c
> @@ -339,7 +339,7 @@ static int altera_gpio_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
>
>         of_mm_gpiochip_remove(&altera_gc->mmchip);
>
> -       return -EIO;
> +       return 0;

That looks weird indeed. Tien, can you comment on this?
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