linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 3/7] staging: vc04_services: Drop VCHIQ

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Message-ID: <5c963fd9-97c9-d513-a8ae-5d3f22ef57cc@i2se.com>
Date:   Thu, 15 Dec 2022 12:30:29 +0100
From:   Stefan Wahren <stefan.wahren@...e.com>
To:     Umang Jain <umang.jain@...asonboard.com>,
        linux-staging@...ts.linux.dev,
        linux-rpi-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-media@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>,
        Adrien Thierry <athierry@...hat.com>,
        Dan Carpenter <error27@...il.com>,
        Dave Stevenson <dave.stevenson@...pberrypi.com>,
        Kieran Bingham <kieran.bingham@...asonboard.com>,
        Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@...asonboard.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/7] staging: vc04_services: Drop VCHIQ_ERROR usage

Hi Umang,

thanks for taking care of this.

Am 15.12.22 um 07:58 schrieb Umang Jain:
> Drop the usage of VCHIQ_ERROR vchiq_status enum type. Replace it with
> -EINVAL to report the error.

I would prefer to use adequate error codes like ENOMEM and so on. I 
agree simply replacing all VCHIQ_ERROR with -EINVAL is easier, but 
wasn't the real intention of the TODO item.

The rest of the series looks good to me.

Best regards