linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v1] driver core: platform: Propagate error from insert

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Message-ID: <CAJZ5v0hCrpyxJzMOQXthHkqLBaYBH44f_XsHy-YUfxxUU_o41w@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Tue, 2 Apr 2019 18:02:40 +0200
From:   "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@...nel.org>
To:     Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>
Cc:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@...nel.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v1] driver core: platform: Propagate error from insert_resource()

On Tue, Apr 2, 2019 at 5:59 PM Andy Shevchenko
<andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com> wrote:
>
> Since insert_resource() might return an error we don't need
> to shadow its error code and would safely propagate to the user.
>
> Signed-off-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>
> ---
>  drivers/base/platform.c | 3 +--
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/base/platform.c b/drivers/base/platform.c
> index dab0a5abc391..f93f192891d1 100644
> --- a/drivers/base/platform.c
> +++ b/drivers/base/platform.c
> @@ -438,9 +438,8 @@ int platform_device_add(struct platform_device *pdev)
>                                 p = &ioport_resource;
>                 }
>
> -               if (p && insert_resource(p, r)) {
> +               if (p && (ret = insert_resource(p, r))) {

I would put the assignment here.

>                         dev_err(&pdev->dev, "failed to claim resource %d: %pR\n", i, r);
> -                       ret = -EBUSY;
>                         goto failed;
>                 }
>         }
> --
> 2.20.1
>