linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v1 0/6] console: unify return codes from ->setup() hook

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Date:   Thu, 25 Jun 2020 15:41:28 +0200
From:   Petr Mladek <pmladek@...e.com>
To:     Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>
Cc:     Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky@...il.com>,
        Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Jiri Slaby <jslaby@...e.com>, linux-serial@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v1 0/6] console: unify return codes from ->setup() hook

On Thu 2020-06-18 19:47:45, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> Some of the console providers treat error code, returned by ->setup() hook,
> differently. Here is the unification of the behaviour.
> 
> The drivers checked by one of the below criteria:
> 1/ the driver has explicit struct console .setup assignment
> 2/ the driver has assigned callback to the setup member
> 
> All such drivers were read in order to see if there is any problematic return
> codes, and fixed accordingly which is this series in the result.
> 
> Andy Shevchenko (6):
>   mips: Return proper error code from console ->setup() hook
>   serial: sunsab: Return proper error code from console ->setup() hook
>   serial: sunzilog: Return proper error code from console ->setup() hook
>   tty: hvc: Return proper error code from console ->setup() hook
>   console: Propagate error code from console ->setup()
>   console: Fix trivia typo 'change' -> 'chance'

The entire patchset has been pushed into printk/linux.git,
branch for-5.9-console-return-codes.

I have done "s/pure/poorly/" to fix the typo in commit messages
reported by Jiri Slaby.

Best Regards,
Petr