linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] EDAC, mv64x60: Fix error return code in mv64x60_pci_err

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Date:   Thu, 03 Dec 2020 22:27:25 +1100
From:   Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>
To:     Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
        Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>,
        Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>
Cc:     Wang ShaoBo <bobo.shaobowang@...wei.com>, mchehab@...nel.org,
        james.morse@....com, linux-edac@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, huawei.libin@...wei.com,
        cj.chengjian@...wei.com, linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] EDAC, mv64x60: Fix error return code in mv64x60_pci_err_probe()

Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de> writes:
> On Tue, Nov 24, 2020 at 02:30:09PM +0800, Wang ShaoBo wrote:
>> Fix to return -ENODEV error code when edac_pci_add_device() failed instaed
>> of 0 in mv64x60_pci_err_probe(), as done elsewhere in this function.
>> 
>> Fixes: 4f4aeeabc061 ("drivers-edac: add marvell mv64x60 driver")
>> Signed-off-by: Wang ShaoBo <bobo.shaobowang@...wei.com>
>> ---
>>  drivers/edac/mv64x60_edac.c | 1 +
>>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
>> 
>> diff --git a/drivers/edac/mv64x60_edac.c b/drivers/edac/mv64x60_edac.c
>> index 3c68bb525d5d..456b9ca1fe8d 100644
>> --- a/drivers/edac/mv64x60_edac.c
>> +++ b/drivers/edac/mv64x60_edac.c
>> @@ -168,6 +168,7 @@ static int mv64x60_pci_err_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
>>  
>>  	if (edac_pci_add_device(pci, pdata->edac_idx) > 0) {
>>  		edac_dbg(3, "failed edac_pci_add_device()\n");
>> +		res = -ENODEV;
>>  		goto err;
>>  	}
>
> That driver depends on MV64X60 and I don't see anything in the tree
> enabling it and I can't select it AFAICT:
>
> config MV64X60
>         bool
>         select PPC_INDIRECT_PCI
>         select CHECK_CACHE_COHERENCY

It was selected by PPC_C2K, but that was dropped in:

  92c8c16f3457 ("powerpc/embedded6xx: Remove C2K board support")

> PPC folks, what do we do here?
>
> If not used anymore, I'd love to have one less EDAC driver.

It's dead code, so drop it.

I can send a patch if no one else wants to.

cheers