linux-kernel - RE: [PATCH v1 2/2] usb:cdns3 Add Cadence USB3 DRD Driver

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Date:   Mon, 17 Dec 2018 05:46:43 +0000
From:   Pawel Laszczak <pawell@...ence.com>
To:     Kishon Vijay Abraham I <kishon@...com>,
        Felipe Balbi <balbi@...nel.org>,
        "devicetree@...r.kernel.org" <devicetree@...r.kernel.org>
CC:     "gregkh@...uxfoundation.org" <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        "linux-usb@...r.kernel.org" <linux-usb@...r.kernel.org>,
        "rogerq@...com" <rogerq@...com>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Alan Douglas <adouglas@...ence.com>,
        "jbergsagel@...com" <jbergsagel@...com>,
        "nsekhar@...com" <nsekhar@...com>, "nm@...com" <nm@...com>,
        Suresh Punnoose <sureshp@...ence.com>,
        "peter.chen@....com" <peter.chen@....com>,
        Pawel Jez <pjez@...ence.com>, Rahul Kumar <kurahul@...ence.com>
Subject: RE: [PATCH v1 2/2] usb:cdns3 Add Cadence USB3 DRD Driver

Hi,

>
>On 12/12/18 12:22 PM, Felipe Balbi wrote:
>>
>> Hi
>>
>> Pawel Laszczak <pawell@...ence.com> writes:
>>>>> +	cdns->phy = devm_phy_get(dev, "cdns3,usbphy");
>>>>> +	if (IS_ERR(cdns->phy)) {
>>>>> +		ret = PTR_ERR(cdns->phy);
>>>>> +		if (ret == -ENOSYS || ret == -ENODEV) {
>>>>
>>>> Are you sure you can get ENOSYS here? Have you checked output of
>>>> checkpatch --strict?
>>>> -:852: WARNING: ENOSYS means 'invalid syscall nr' and nothing else
>>>
>>> Yes this error code can be returned by related to phy function if
>>> CONFIG_GENERIC_PHY is disabled.
>>>
>>> I have seen this warning in output of checkpatch --strict .
>>
>> Kishon, seems like you shouldn't be using that error value.
>
>hmm, yeah should change the return value to -ENODEV when GENERIC_PHY is disabled.
>

So I will remove this ENOSYS from next patch. I assume that it will be removed also from generic phy driver. 

Thanks,
Pawel