linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v10 19/33] counter: Standardize to ERANGE for limit exceeded errors

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Message-ID: <20210415152031.GH8933@syed>
Date:   Thu, 15 Apr 2021 20:50:31 +0530
From:   Syed Nayyar Waris <syednwaris@...il.com>
To:     William Breathitt Gray <vilhelm.gray@...il.com>
Cc:     jic23@...nel.org, kernel@...gutronix.de,
        linux-stm32@...md-mailman.stormreply.com, a.fatoum@...gutronix.de,
        kamel.bouhara@...tlin.com, gwendal@...omium.org,
        alexandre.belloni@...tlin.com, david@...hnology.com,
        linux-iio@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
        patrick.havelange@...ensium.com, fabrice.gasnier@...com,
        mcoquelin.stm32@...il.com, alexandre.torgue@...com,
        o.rempel@...gutronix.de
Subject: Re: [PATCH v10 19/33] counter: Standardize to ERANGE for limit
 exceeded errors

On Fri, Mar 19, 2021 at 08:00:38PM +0900, William Breathitt Gray wrote:
> ERANGE is a semantically better error code to return when an argument
> value falls outside the supported limit range of a device.
> 
> Cc: Syed Nayyar Waris <syednwaris@...il.com>
> Cc: Oleksij Rempel <o.rempel@...gutronix.de>
> Cc: Fabrice Gasnier <fabrice.gasnier@...com>
> Cc: Maxime Coquelin <mcoquelin.stm32@...il.com>
> Cc: Alexandre Torgue <alexandre.torgue@...com>
> Reviewed-by: David Lechner <david@...hnology.com>
> Signed-off-by: William Breathitt Gray <vilhelm.gray@...il.com>
> ---
>  drivers/counter/104-quad-8.c        | 6 +++---

For the 104-quad-8 driver:
Acked-by: Syed Nayyar Waris <syednwaris@...il.com>

>  drivers/counter/interrupt-cnt.c     | 3 +++
>  drivers/counter/stm32-lptimer-cnt.c | 2 +-
>  3 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/counter/104-quad-8.c b/drivers/counter/104-quad-8.c
> index b7d6c1c43655..0409b1771fd9 100644
> --- a/drivers/counter/104-quad-8.c
> +++ b/drivers/counter/104-quad-8.c
> @@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ static int quad8_count_write(struct counter_device *counter,
>  
>  	/* Only 24-bit values are supported */
>  	if (val > 0xFFFFFF)
> -		return -EINVAL;
> +		return -ERANGE;
>  
>  	mutex_lock(&priv->lock);
>  
> @@ -669,7 +669,7 @@ static ssize_t quad8_count_preset_write(struct counter_device *counter,
>  
>  	/* Only 24-bit values are supported */
>  	if (preset > 0xFFFFFF)
> -		return -EINVAL;
> +		return -ERANGE;
>  
>  	mutex_lock(&priv->lock);
>  
> @@ -714,7 +714,7 @@ static ssize_t quad8_count_ceiling_write(struct counter_device *counter,
>  
>  	/* Only 24-bit values are supported */
>  	if (ceiling > 0xFFFFFF)
> -		return -EINVAL;
> +		return -ERANGE;
>  
>  	mutex_lock(&priv->lock);
>  
> diff --git a/drivers/counter/interrupt-cnt.c b/drivers/counter/interrupt-cnt.c
> index 0e07607f2cd3..f27dea317965 100644
> --- a/drivers/counter/interrupt-cnt.c
> +++ b/drivers/counter/interrupt-cnt.c
> @@ -107,6 +107,9 @@ static int interrupt_cnt_write(struct counter_device *counter,
>  {
>  	struct interrupt_cnt_priv *priv = counter->priv;
>  
> +	if (val != (typeof(priv->count.counter))val)
> +		return -ERANGE;
> +
>  	atomic_set(&priv->count, val);
>  
>  	return 0;
> diff --git a/drivers/counter/stm32-lptimer-cnt.c b/drivers/counter/stm32-lptimer-cnt.c
> index 78f383b77bd2..49aeb9e393f3 100644
> --- a/drivers/counter/stm32-lptimer-cnt.c
> +++ b/drivers/counter/stm32-lptimer-cnt.c
> @@ -283,7 +283,7 @@ static ssize_t stm32_lptim_cnt_ceiling_write(struct counter_device *counter,
>  		return ret;
>  
>  	if (ceiling > STM32_LPTIM_MAX_ARR)
> -		return -EINVAL;
> +		return -ERANGE;
>  
>  	priv->ceiling = ceiling;
>  
> -- 
> 2.30.2
>