linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] clk: Fix doc of clk_get

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Date:   Sun, 07 Mar 2021 14:29:07 +0000
From:   Paul Cercueil <paul@...pouillou.net>
To:     Russell King - ARM Linux admin <linux@...linux.org.uk>
Cc:     od@...c.me, linux-clk@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] clk: Fix doc of clk_get_parent

Hi,

Le dim. 7 mars 2021 à 14:27, Russell King - ARM Linux admin 
<linux@...linux.org.uk> a écrit :
> On Sun, Mar 07, 2021 at 02:06:26PM +0000, Paul Cercueil wrote:
>>  On error, or when the passed parameter is NULL, the return value is 
>> NULL
>>  and not a PTR_ERR()-encoded value.
> 
> No, the documentation is accurate. The CCF is just an implementation
> of the API, the file you are modifying is the definitive API
> documentation.

Well, then the code has to be fixed, because right now it returns NULL 
on error, since the 2.6 days.

Cheers,
-Paul