linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/2] pinctrl: mvebu: armada-37xx: use use platform api

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Message-ID: <CAOMZO5BibF5A9sw=fLr3DXLf9LXYdxWy=aK7KCE3L0bt5eX+9Q@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Wed, 18 Dec 2019 12:09:42 -0300
From:   Fabio Estevam <festevam@...il.com>
To:     Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
Cc:     Peng Fan <peng.fan@....com>,
        "jason@...edaemon.net" <jason@...edaemon.net>,
        "gregory.clement@...tlin.com" <gregory.clement@...tlin.com>,
        "sebastian.hesselbarth@...il.com" <sebastian.hesselbarth@...il.com>,
        "linus.walleij@...aro.org" <linus.walleij@...aro.org>,
        "mripard@...nel.org" <mripard@...nel.org>,
        "wens@...e.org" <wens@...e.org>,
        "linux-gpio@...r.kernel.org" <linux-gpio@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org" 
        <linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] pinctrl: mvebu: armada-37xx: use use platform api

Hi Andrew,

On Wed, Dec 18, 2019 at 12:00 PM Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch> wrote:

> Hi Fabio
>
> Look closer. This is not about returning an error, it is about
> printing an error.
>
> I think the API could better. A %ie formatter would make a lot of
> sense, so avoiding the ERR_PTR().

Yes, I think that returning the error like:

dev_err(dev, "Couldn't determine irq count: %d\n", nr_irq_parent);

would make the code cleaner.

Maybe just a matter of taste though ;-)