linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v5 1/7] firmware: sysfb: Make sysfb_create

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Date:   Wed, 11 May 2022 14:04:48 +0200
From:   Javier Martinez Canillas <javierm@...hat.com>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Daniel Vetter <daniel.vetter@...ll.ch>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@...e.de>,
        dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 1/7] firmware: sysfb: Make sysfb_create_simplefb()
 return a pdev pointer

On 5/11/22 13:24, Javier Martinez Canillas wrote:
> This function just returned 0 on success or an errno code on error, but it
> could be useful for sysfb_init() callers to have a pointer to the device.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Javier Martinez Canillas <javierm@...hat.com>
> Reviewed-by: Daniel Vetter <daniel.vetter@...ll.ch>
> Reviewed-by: Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@...e.de>
> 

Thomas,

This patch can also be merged already if you want to shrink the set
more. Even though no caller would use the new return value yet, it
is a standalone change and already reviewed by Daniel and you.

-- 
Best regards,

Javier Martinez Canillas
Linux Engineering
Red Hat