linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH V3] clocksource/drivers/time-efm32: Convert init function to return error

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Message-ID: <20160617094650.GY26048@pengutronix.de>
Date:	Fri, 17 Jun 2016 11:46:50 +0200
From:	Uwe Kleine-König 
	<u.kleine-koenig@...gutronix.de>
To:	Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@...aro.org>
Cc:	tglx@...utronix.de, kernel@...gutronix.de,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH V3] clocksource/drivers/time-efm32: Convert init function
 to return error

On Fri, Jun 17, 2016 at 10:44:19AM +0200, Daniel Lezcano wrote:
> The init functions do not return any error and let the caller unaware of
> the state of the system.
> 
> Change that by converting the init functions to return an error conforming
> to the CLOCKSOURCE_OF_RET prototype.
> 
> Proper error handling (rollback, errno value) will be changed later case
> by case, thus this change just return back an error or success in the init
> function.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@...aro.org>
Acked-by: Uwe Kleine-König <u.kleine-koenig@...gutronix.de>

Thanks
Uwe

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