linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 07/17] Platform: OLPC: Avoid a warning if the EC didn't register yet

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Message-ID: <20181202231549.GC23087@wrath>
Date:   Sun, 2 Dec 2018 15:15:49 -0800
From:   Darren Hart <dvhart@...radead.org>
To:     Lubomir Rintel <lkundrak@...sk>
Cc:     Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>,
        Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@...der.be>,
        Andy Shevchenko <andy@...radead.org>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        James Cameron <quozl@...top.org>,
        Sebastian Reichel <sre@...nel.org>,
        Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>,
        Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
        Eric Miao <eric.y.miao@...il.com>,
        Haojian Zhuang <haojian.zhuang@...il.com>,
        Daniel Mack <daniel@...que.org>,
        Robert Jarzmik <robert.jarzmik@...e.fr>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 07/17] Platform: OLPC: Avoid a warning if the EC
 didn't register yet

On Fri, Nov 16, 2018 at 05:23:53PM +0100, Lubomir Rintel wrote:
> Just return ENODEV, so that whoever attempted to use the EC call can

I think you meant EPROBE_DEFER here, but the language in the commit
message is a bit ambiguous here...

> defer their work.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Lubomir Rintel <lkundrak@...sk>
> Acked-by: Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>
> 
> ---
> Changes since v1:
> - EPROBE_DEFER instead of ENODEV
> 
>  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..9ee993d5d54b 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 -EPROBE_DEFER;
> +
> +	if (WARN_ON(!ec_driver->ec_cmd))
>  		return -ENODEV;
>  
>  	if (!ec)
> -- 
> 2.19.1
> 
> 

-- 
Darren Hart
VMware Open Source Technology Center