linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 1/3] thermal: tegra: continue if sensor register fails

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Date:   Wed, 21 Nov 2018 09:55:34 +0100
From:   Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@...aro.org>
To:     Wei Ni <wni@...dia.com>, thierry.reding@...il.com,
        linux-tegra@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     rui.zhang@...el.com, edubezval@...il.com,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/3] thermal: tegra: continue if sensor register fails

On 13/11/2018 11:06, Wei Ni wrote:
> Don't bail when a sensor fails to register with the
> thermal zone and allow other sensors to register.
> This allows other sensors to register with thermal
> framework even if one sensor fails registration.

I'm not sure if ignoring the error is really safe. Can you describe the
real situation you want to overcome ? How do you differentiate critical
sensors ?

> Signed-off-by: Wei Ni <wni@...dia.com>
> ---
>  drivers/thermal/tegra/soctherm.c | 8 +++++---
>  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/thermal/tegra/soctherm.c b/drivers/thermal/tegra/soctherm.c
> index ed28110a3535..a824d2e63af3 100644
> --- a/drivers/thermal/tegra/soctherm.c
> +++ b/drivers/thermal/tegra/soctherm.c
> @@ -1370,9 +1370,9 @@ static int tegra_soctherm_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
>  							 &tegra_of_thermal_ops);
>  		if (IS_ERR(z)) {
>  			err = PTR_ERR(z);
> -			dev_err(&pdev->dev, "failed to register sensor: %d\n",
> -				err);
> -			goto disable_clocks;
> +			dev_warn(&pdev->dev, "failed to register sensor %s: %d\n",
> +				 soc->ttgs[i]->name, err);
> +			continue;
>  		}
>  
>  		zone->tz = z;
> @@ -1434,6 +1434,8 @@ static int __maybe_unused soctherm_resume(struct device *dev)
>  		struct thermal_zone_device *tz;
>  
>  		tz = tegra->thermctl_tzs[soc->ttgs[i]->id];
> +		if (!tz)
> +			continue;
>  		err = tegra_soctherm_set_hwtrips(dev, soc->ttgs[i], tz);
>  		if (err) {
>  			dev_err(&pdev->dev,
> 


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