linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 0/6] platform/chrome: cros_ec_proto: Convert EC error codes to Linux error codes

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Date:   Wed, 29 Jul 2020 15:27:57 -0700
From:   Brian Norris <briannorris@...omium.org>
To:     Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>
Cc:     Enric Balletbo i Serra <enric.balletbo@...labora.com>,
        Jonathan Cameron <jic23@...nel.org>,
        Benson Leung <bleung@...omium.org>,
        Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@...il.com>,
        Thierry Reding <thierry.reding@...il.com>,
        Uwe Kleine-König 
        <u.kleine-koenig@...gutronix.de>,
        Gwendal Grignou <gwendal@...omium.org>,
        linux-iio@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-input@...r.kernel.org, linux-pwm@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 0/6] platform/chrome: cros_ec_proto: Convert EC error
 codes to Linux error codes

On Sun, Jul 26, 2020 at 03:00:55PM -0700, Guenter Roeck wrote:
> The EC reports a variety of error codes. Most of those, with the exception
> of EC_RES_INVALID_VERSION, are converted to -EPROTO. As result, the actual
> error code gets lost. In cros_ec_cmd_xfer_status(), convert all EC errors
> to Linux error codes to report a more meaningful error to the caller to aid
> debugging.
> 
> To prepare for this change, handle error codes other than -EPROTO for all
> callers of cros_ec_cmd_xfer_status(). Specifically, no longer assume that
> -EPROTO reflects an error from the EC and all other error codes reflect a
> transfer error.
> 
> v2: Add patches 1/4 to 3/4 to handle callers of cros_ec_cmd_xfer_status()
> v3: Add patches 4/6 and 5/6 to handle additional callers of
> 	cros_ec_cmd_xfer_status()
>     Use -ENOPROTOOPT for EC_RES_INVALID_VERSION
>     Implement function to convert error codes

A small potential (i.e., being paranoid about future changes) note on
patch 6, but otherwise looks fine to me:

Reviewed-by: Brian Norris <briannorris@...omium.org>