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

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Message-ID: <5b451266-0217-fc4c-794b-453c4e6439f6@redhat.com>
Date:   Fri, 11 Feb 2022 13:27:12 +0100
From:   Javier Martinez Canillas <javierm@...hat.com>
To:     Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
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

Hello Geert,

On 2/11/22 13:23, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:

[snip]

>>>> +    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"));
> 
> ?
> 

Thanks, that would work.

Best regards,
-- 
Javier Martinez Canillas
Linux Engineering
Red Hat