linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] ASoC: amd: added error checks in dma driver

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Message-ID: <20171128115210.n3lp3s2ryygx2m3v@sirena.org.uk>
Date:   Tue, 28 Nov 2017 11:52:10 +0000
From:   Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>
To:     Vijendar Mukunda <Vijendar.Mukunda@....com>
Cc:     alsa-devel@...a-project.org, tiwai@...e.de, lgirdwood@...il.com,
        perex@...ex.cz, Alexander.Deucher@....com,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ASoC: amd: added error checks in dma driver

On Tue, Nov 28, 2017 at 10:13:44AM +0530, Vijendar Mukunda wrote:

> -	acp_init(audio_drv_data->acp_mmio, audio_drv_data->asic_type);
> +	status = acp_init(audio_drv_data->acp_mmio, audio_drv_data->asic_type);
> +	if (status) {
> +		dev_err(&pdev->dev, "ACP Init failed\n");
> +		return status;
> +	}
>  

Better to print the error code to help people see what went wrong.

>  static int acp_audio_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
>  {
> +	int status;
>  	struct audio_drv_data *adata = dev_get_drvdata(&pdev->dev);
>  
> -	acp_deinit(adata->acp_mmio);
> +	status = acp_deinit(adata->acp_mmio);
> +	if (status) {
> +		dev_err(&pdev->dev, "ACP Deinit failed\n");
> +		return status;
> +	}
>  	snd_soc_unregister_platform(&pdev->dev);

Remove operations can't meaningfully fail, better to just log the error
and carry on.

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