linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 3/3] g_NCR5380: Stop using scsi

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Date:   Sun, 25 Sep 2016 16:50:23 -0700
From:   Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
To:     Ondrej Zary <linux@...nbow-software.org>
Cc:     Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>,
        Finn Thain <fthain@...egraphics.com.au>,
        linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] g_NCR5380: Stop using scsi_module.c

> +static int generic_NCR5380_isa_match(struct device *pdev, unsigned int ndev)
> +{
> +	struct Scsi_Host *sh = NULL;
> +
> +	sh = generic_NCR5380_hw_init(&driver_template, pdev, base[ndev],
> +				     irq[ndev], card[ndev]);
> +	if (!sh && base[ndev])
> +		printk(KERN_WARNING "Card not found at address 0x%03x\n",
> +				base[ndev]);
> +	if (!sh)
> +		return 0;
>  
> +	dev_set_drvdata(pdev, sh);

Any reason not to move the dev_set_drvdata into generic_NCR5380_hw_init?
That would also allow to properly propagate the error down to the
caller, which would be useful for the PNP case.

Otherwise this look great to me.