linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] gpio:Fix error handling in the function max732x

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Date:	Wed, 26 Aug 2015 13:35:56 +0200
From:	Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>
To:	Nicholas Krause <xerofoify@...il.com>
Cc:	Alexandre Courbot <gnurou@...il.com>,
	"linux-gpio@...r.kernel.org" <linux-gpio@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] gpio:Fix error handling in the function max732x_probe

On Tue, Aug 18, 2015 at 3:55 PM, Nicholas Krause <xerofoify@...il.com> wrote:

> This fixes error handling in the function max732x_probe by checking
> if the calls to the function max732x_readb fail by returning a error
> code. If so we must immediately return to the caller of the function
> max732x_probe with the error code to signal a non recoverable has
> occurred when calling this function and the caller must handle it.
>
> Signed-off-by: Nicholas Krause <xerofoify@...il.com>

Stripped and rewrote the commit message a bit and applied.

Yours,
Linus Walleij
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