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Message-ID: <YouVUAsimQj79pyK@google.com>
Date:   Mon, 23 May 2022 15:08:16 +0100
From:   Lee Jones <lee.jones@...aro.org>
To:     Uwe Kleine-König 
        <u.kleine-koenig@...gutronix.de>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kernel@...gutronix.de
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mfd: rt4831: Improve error reporting for problems during
 .remove()

On Mon, 02 May 2022, Uwe Kleine-König wrote:

> Returning an error value in an i2c remove callback results in a generic
> error message being emitted by the i2c core, but otherwise it doesn't make
> a difference. The device goes away anyhow and the devm cleanups are
> called.
> 
> So instead of triggering the generic i2c error message, emit a more helpful
> message if a problem occurs and return 0 to suppress the generic message.
> 
> This patch is a preparation for making i2c remove callbacks return void.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Uwe Kleine-König <u.kleine-koenig@...gutronix.de>
> ---
>  drivers/mfd/rt4831.c | 7 ++++++-
>  1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

Applied, thanks.

-- 
Lee Jones [李琼斯]
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