linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] staging: wilc1000: fix error handling in wilc_debugfs

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Date:	Thu, 23 Jun 2016 12:25:47 +0100
From:	Luis de Bethencourt <luisbg@....samsung.com>
To:	Julian Calaby <julian.calaby@...il.com>
CC:	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Johnny Kim <johnny.kim@...el.com>,
	Austin Shin <austin.shin@...el.com>,
	Chris Park <chris.park@...el.com>,
	Tony Cho <tony.cho@...el.com>, Glen Lee <glen.lee@...el.com>,
	Leo Kim <leo.kim@...el.com>,
	Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	linux-wireless <linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org>,
	"devel@...verdev.osuosl.org" <devel@...verdev.osuosl.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] staging: wilc1000: fix error handling in wilc_debugfs_init()

On 23/06/16 02:29, Julian Calaby wrote:
> Hi All,
> 
> On Wed, Jun 22, 2016 at 10:39 PM, Luis de Bethencourt
> <luisbg@....samsung.com> wrote:
>> The common format to check if a function returned an error pointer is to
>> use PTR_ERR(). Instead of ERR_PTR() which is used to return said errors.
>>
>> Also, if there was an error returning -EINVAL instead of -1 is more
>> appropriate.
> 
> These two changes could be argued to be separate changes deserving of
> their own patches.
> 
>> Signed-off-by: Luis de Bethencourt <luisbg@....samsung.com>
> 
> However if everyone else is ok with that, this is:
> 
> Reviewed-by: Julian Calaby <julian.calaby@...il.com>
> 
> Thanks,
> 

Hi Julian,

If you don't mind I will resend as two separate patches and include your
Reviewed-by in both.

Thanks for the review,
Luis