linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] extcon: Check for incorrect connection type in notifier register

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Date:	Thu, 23 Jun 2016 19:40:05 +0900
From:	Chanwoo Choi <cw00.choi@...sung.com>
To:	Stephen Boyd <stephen.boyd@...aro.org>
Cc:	linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] extcon: Check for incorrect connection type in notifier
 register

Hi,

On 2016년 06월 23일 16:53, Stephen Boyd wrote:
> If we call extcon_register_notifier() with the wrong cable type,
> it blows up with an oops instead of returning an error code.
> Let's be nice and fail gracefully given that the consumer might
> not know if the cable is supported by the extcon provider.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Stephen Boyd <stephen.boyd@...aro.org>
> ---
>  drivers/extcon/extcon.c | 4 ++++
>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

This patch has some merge conflict because the base branch is not on linux-next.
But, Looks good to me. I applied it manually on extcon-next branch.

Thanks,
Chanwoo Choi