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

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Date:   Thu, 15 Dec 2022 18:56:24 +0530
From:   Umang Jain <umang.jain@...asonboard.com>
To:     Stefan Wahren <stefan.wahren@...e.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 Stefan,

On 12/15/22 5:00 PM, Stefan Wahren wrote:
> 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.

I agree with you on that front - I am still trying to understand the 
bits of pieces of the vchiq driver as you can see it's not obvious to me.

I will try to address this is in v2 - after the series a bit more feedback.
>
> The rest of the series looks good to me.

Okay :-)
Thanks for prompt review.
>
> Best regards
>