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

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Message-ID: <CAGRGNgUoptASqK7jD-K-=zp7eYbJDq+2+u7mj_MabaGtOb9=kQ@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Thu, 23 Jun 2016 11:29:45 +1000
From:	Julian Calaby <julian.calaby@...il.com>
To:	Luis de Bethencourt <luisbg@....samsung.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()

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,

-- 
Julian Calaby

Email: julian.calaby@...il.com
Profile: http://www.google.com/profiles/julian.calaby/