linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 07/15] Platform: OLPC: Avoid a warning if the EC didn't register yet

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Date:   Fri, 19 Oct 2018 16:11:50 +0300
From:   Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@...il.com>
To:     Lubomir Rintel <lkundrak@...sk>
Cc:     Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>,
        Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@...der.be>,
        Darren Hart <dvhart@...radead.org>,
        Andy Shevchenko <andy@...radead.org>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        quozl@...top.org, Sebastian Reichel <sre@...nel.org>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 07/15] Platform: OLPC: Avoid a warning if the EC didn't
 register yet

On Wed, Oct 10, 2018 at 8:23 PM Lubomir Rintel <lkundrak@...sk> wrote:
>
> Just return ENODEV, so that whoever attempted to use the EC call can
> defer their work.
>
> Signed-off-by: Lubomir Rintel <lkundrak@...sk>
> ---
>  drivers/platform/olpc/olpc-ec.c | 7 +++++--
>  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/platform/olpc/olpc-ec.c b/drivers/platform/olpc/olpc-ec.c
> index 35a21c66cd0d..342f5bb7f7a8 100644
> --- a/drivers/platform/olpc/olpc-ec.c
> +++ b/drivers/platform/olpc/olpc-ec.c
> @@ -116,8 +116,11 @@ int olpc_ec_cmd(u8 cmd, u8 *inbuf, size_t inlen, u8 *outbuf, size_t outlen)
>         struct olpc_ec_priv *ec = ec_priv;
>         struct ec_cmd_desc desc;
>
> -       /* Ensure a driver and ec hook have been registered */
> -       if (WARN_ON(!ec_driver || !ec_driver->ec_cmd))
> +       /* Driver not yet registered. */
> +       if (!ec_driver)
> +               return -ENODEV;

Why -ENODEV is preferred over -EPROBE_DEFER?

> +
> +       if (WARN_ON(!ec_driver->ec_cmd))
>                 return -ENODEV;
>
>         if (!ec)
> --
> 2.19.0
>


-- 
With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko