linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] i2c: cadence: Add error handling for a platform_get_irq() call in cdns_i2c

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Date:   Wed, 20 May 2020 17:34:23 +0200
From:   Markus Elfring <Markus.Elfring@....de>
To:     Dejin Zheng <zhengdejin5@...il.com>, linux-i2c@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Harini Katakam <harinik@...inx.com>,
        Michal Simek <michal.simek@...inx.com>,
        Sören Brinkmann <soren.brinkmann@...inx.com>,
        Wolfram Sang <wsa@...-dreams.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] i2c: cadence: Add error handling for a
 platform_get_irq() call in cdns_i2c_probe()

> The driver initialization should be end immediately after found
> the platform_get_irq() function return an error.

I recommend to improve also this change description.
How do you think about a wording variant like the following?

   Return an error code after a call of the function “platform_get_irq” failed.


Regards,
Markus