linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v4 3/3] driver core: add probe_err

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Date:   Thu, 20 Dec 2018 12:14:34 +0100
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Andrzej Hajda <a.hajda@...sung.com>
Cc:     Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <b.zolnierkie@...sung.com>,
        Marek Szyprowski <m.szyprowski@...sung.com>,
        "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@...nel.org>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Javier Martinez Canillas <javierm@...hat.com>,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, andy.shevchenko@...il.com,
        Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>,
        Russell King - ARM Linux <linux@...linux.org.uk>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 3/3] driver core: add probe_err_ptr helper

On Thu, Dec 20, 2018 at 11:22:47AM +0100, Andrzej Hajda wrote:
> probe_err is useful in multiple contexts where error is encoded in pointer.
> Adding helper performing conversion to error value should simplify code
> further.

Same question as on patch 1/3, please some someone using this.

Also, it's too late for 4.21, so no rush on this.  My trees are now
closed.

thanks,

greg k-h