linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 6/9] regulator: tps65217-regulator: Use the returned value of tps65217_reg

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Date:   Fri, 26 Jun 2020 16:31:19 +0100
From:   Lee Jones <lee.jones@...aro.org>
To:     Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>
Cc:     lgirdwood@...il.com, linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Russ Dill <Russ.Dill@...com>,
        Keerthy <j-keerthy@...com>, AnilKumar Ch <anilkumar@...com>,
        linux-omap@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 6/9] regulator: tps65217-regulator: Use the returned
 value of tps65217_reg_read()

On Fri, 26 Jun 2020, Mark Brown wrote:

> On Fri, Jun 26, 2020 at 07:57:35AM +0100, Lee Jones wrote:
> 
> > Until now the aforementioned return value has been ignored.
> 
> This is only aforementioned in the subject.
> 
> >  		/* Store default strobe info */
> >  		ret = tps65217_reg_read(tps, regulators[i].bypass_reg, &val);
> > +		if (ret)
> > +			return ret;
> > +
> 
> We should really be logging an error there rather than just returning,
> that way it's a bit more apparent to someone debugging things what went
> wrong if there is actually a problem.

Would you like me to fix that up subsequently?

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