linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] mfd: syscon: return ENOTSUPP instead of ENOSYS when disabled

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Message-ID: <20160211171122.GI20693@x1>
Date:	Thu, 11 Feb 2016 17:11:22 +0000
From:	Lee Jones <lee.jones@...aro.org>
To:	Philipp Zabel <p.zabel@...gutronix.de>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mfd: syscon: return ENOTSUPP instead of ENOSYS when
 disabled

On Fri, 29 Jan 2016, Philipp Zabel wrote:

> When CONFIG_MFD_SYSCON is disabled, have the function stubs return
> ENOTSUPP to indicate the syscon functionality is not available.
> There are currently no callers that depend on the ENOSYS return value.
> 
> This patchfixes a checkpatch warning:
>     WARNING: ENOSYS means 'invalid syscall nr' and nothing else
> 
> Signed-off-by: Philipp Zabel <p.zabel@...gutronix.de>
> ---
>  include/linux/mfd/syscon.h | 8 ++++----
>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

Applied, thanks.

> diff --git a/include/linux/mfd/syscon.h b/include/linux/mfd/syscon.h
> index 75e543b..1088149 100644
> --- a/include/linux/mfd/syscon.h
> +++ b/include/linux/mfd/syscon.h
> @@ -29,24 +29,24 @@ extern struct regmap *syscon_regmap_lookup_by_phandle(
>  #else
>  static inline struct regmap *syscon_node_to_regmap(struct device_node *np)
>  {
> -	return ERR_PTR(-ENOSYS);
> +	return ERR_PTR(-ENOTSUPP);
>  }
>  
>  static inline struct regmap *syscon_regmap_lookup_by_compatible(const char *s)
>  {
> -	return ERR_PTR(-ENOSYS);
> +	return ERR_PTR(-ENOTSUPP);
>  }
>  
>  static inline struct regmap *syscon_regmap_lookup_by_pdevname(const char *s)
>  {
> -	return ERR_PTR(-ENOSYS);
> +	return ERR_PTR(-ENOTSUPP);
>  }
>  
>  static inline struct regmap *syscon_regmap_lookup_by_phandle(
>  					struct device_node *np,
>  					const char *property)
>  {
> -	return ERR_PTR(-ENOSYS);
> +	return ERR_PTR(-ENOTSUPP);
>  }
>  #endif
>  

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