linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 3/3] dmi: Make dmi_walk and dmi_walk

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Date:	Tue, 19 Jan 2016 09:36:33 +0100
From:	Pali Rohár <pali.rohar@...il.com>
To:	Jean Delvare <jdelvare@...e.de>
Cc:	Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>,
	platform-driver-x86@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 3/3] dmi: Make dmi_walk and dmi_walk_early return real
 error codes

On Tuesday 19 January 2016 08:54:26 Jean Delvare wrote:
> > @@ -978,11 +978,11 @@ int dmi_walk(void (*decode)(const struct dmi_header *, void *),
> >  	u8 *buf;
> >  
> >  	if (!dmi_available)
> > -		return -1;
> > +		return -ENOENT;
> 
> -ENOSYS would seem more appropriate?

IIRC -ENOSYS is for non implemented syscalls.

-- 
Pali Rohár
pali.rohar@...il.com