linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] coccinelle: api: check for propagation of error from platform_get

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Message-ID: <567EF188.7020203@cogentembedded.com>
Date:	Sat, 26 Dec 2015 22:59:04 +0300
From:	Sergei Shtylyov <sergei.shtylyov@...entembedded.com>
To:	Julia Lawall <Julia.Lawall@...6.fr>,
	Gilles Muller <Gilles.Muller@...6.fr>,
	Nicolas Palix <nicolas.palix@...g.fr>,
	Michal Marek <mmarek@...e.com>, cocci@...teme.lip6.fr,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] coccinelle: api: check for propagation of error from
 platform_get_irq

On 12/26/2015 10:24 PM, Julia Lawall wrote:

> The error return value of platform_get_irq seems to often get dropped.

    Maybe it was intentional (see my recent follow-up to your netdev patch). 
But if an error gets unconditionally overriden, deferred probing can't work. 
So your patches seem good things in the end. Thank you!

> Signed-off-by: Julia Lawall <Julia.Lawall@...6.fr>

[...]

MBR, Sergei

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