linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH] Add bridge driver to connect sensors to CIO2 device via software nodes on ACPI platforms

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Date:   Thu, 17 Sep 2020 11:24:01 +0100
From:   Dan Scally <djrscally@...il.com>
To:     Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>
Cc:     Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>, devel@...verdev.osuosl.org,
        robh@...nel.org, jorhand@...ux.microsoft.com,
        linux-media@...r.kernel.org, kieran.bingham@...asonboard.com,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kitakar@...il.com,
        sakari.ailus@...ux.intel.com, bingbu.cao@...el.com,
        mchehab@...nel.org, davem@...emloft.net, tian.shu.qiu@...el.com,
        yong.zhi@...el.com
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH] Add bridge driver to connect sensors to CIO2 device
 via software nodes on ACPI platforms

On 17/09/2020 11:15, Dan Carpenter wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 17, 2020 at 10:47:50AM +0100, Dan Scally wrote:
>> Hi Greg - thanks for the comments, appreciate it (sorry there's so many,
>> I'm new to both C and kernel work)
> It's pretty impressive work if you're new to C...
Thanks (and for your other reply too, haven't had time to go through it
in depth yet). I've been using python for a while, but this is my first
attempt at anything serious with C.
>>>> +			return;
>>> No error value?
>> The prototype for sync_state callbacks is to return void, so my
>> understanding is it can't return an error value.  I guess a better thing
>> to do might be call another function performing cleanup and unloading
>> the driver before the return or something along those lines though.
> Yeah.  I suspect you should be using a different callback instead of
> ->sync_state() but I don't know what... :/
Yeah, this is why I wanted to submit it now really; I too suspect I
should really be using a different callback but I couldn't find a better
option.
> regards,
> dan carpenter
>