linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v4 3/6] drm: Add driver for Solomon SSD130x OLED displays

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Message-ID: <CAMuHMdVLmUwgCWui4OiZqvqpVWzA-d9QhjZLa_idgC19XeEEjA@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Fri, 11 Feb 2022 13:23:54 +0100
From:   Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
To:     Javier Martinez Canillas <javierm@...hat.com>
Cc:     Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux Fbdev development list <linux-fbdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        Maxime Ripard <maxime@...no.tech>,
        Daniel Vetter <daniel.vetter@...ll.ch>,
        DRI Development <dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org>,
        Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@...e.de>,
        Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>,
        Noralf Trønnes <noralf@...nnes.org>,
        Daniel Vetter <daniel@...ll.ch>,
        David Airlie <airlied@...ux.ie>,
        Lee Jones <lee.jones@...aro.org>,
        Maarten Lankhorst <maarten.lankhorst@...ux.intel.com>,
        Maxime Ripard <mripard@...nel.org>,
        Thierry Reding <thierry.reding@...il.com>,
        Uwe Kleine-König 
        <u.kleine-koenig@...gutronix.de>,
        Linux PWM List <linux-pwm@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 3/6] drm: Add driver for Solomon SSD130x OLED displays

Hi Javier,

On Fri, Feb 11, 2022 at 1:06 PM Javier Martinez Canillas
<javierm@...hat.com> wrote:
> On 2/11/22 12:33, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> > On Fri, Feb 11, 2022 at 10:19:24AM +0100, Javier Martinez Canillas wrote:
> >> This adds a DRM driver for SSD1305, SSD1306, SSD1307 and SSD1309 Solomon
> >> OLED display controllers.
> >>
> >> It's only the core part of the driver and a bus specific driver is needed
> >> for each transport interface supported by the display controllers.

> >> +    bl = devm_backlight_device_register(dev, dev_name(dev), dev, ssd130x,
> >> +                                        &ssd130xfb_bl_ops, NULL);
> >> +    if (IS_ERR(bl)) {
> >
> >> +            ret = PTR_ERR(bl);
> >> +            dev_err_probe(dev, ret, "Unable to register backlight device\n");
> >> +            return ERR_PTR(ret);
> >
> >               dev_err_probe(dev, PTR_ERR(bl), "Unable to register backlight device\n");
> >               return bl;
> >
> > ?
>
> No, because this function's return value is a struct ssd130x_device pointer,
> not a struct backlight_device pointer.

Hence

    return ERR_PTR(dev_err_probe(dev, PTR_ERR(bl),
                                 "Unable to register backlight device\n"));

?

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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