linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 1/3] drivers: fwnode: fix fwnode_irq_get

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Date:   Mon, 15 May 2023 15:07:02 +0300
From:   Matti Vaittinen <mazziesaccount@...il.com>
To:     Jonathan Cameron <jic23@...nel.org>
Cc:     Matti Vaittinen <matti.vaittinen@...rohmeurope.com>,
        Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>,
        Daniel Scally <djrscally@...il.com>,
        Heikki Krogerus <heikki.krogerus@...ux.intel.com>,
        Sakari Ailus <sakari.ailus@...ux.intel.com>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@...nel.org>,
        Wolfram Sang <wsa@...nel.org>,
        Lars-Peter Clausen <lars@...afoo.de>,
        Akhil R <akhilrajeev@...dia.com>, linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-i2c@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-iio@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 1/3] drivers: fwnode: fix fwnode_irq_get_byname()

Hi Jonathan,

It was somewhat busy "Mother's day" weekend for me but now I'm back in 
the business :)

On 5/13/23 21:40, Jonathan Cameron wrote:
> On Fri, 12 May 2023 10:53:00 +0300
> Matti Vaittinen <mazziesaccount@...il.com> wrote:
> 
>> The fwnode_irq_get_byname() does return 0 upon device-tree IRQ mapping
>> failure. This is contradicting the function documentation and can
>> potentially be a source of errors like:
>>
>> int probe(...) {
>> 	...
>>
>> 	irq = fwnode_irq_get_byname();
>> 	if (irq <= 0)
>> 		return irq;
>>
>> 	...
>> }
>>
>> Here we do correctly check the return value from fwnode_irq_get_byname()
>> but the driver probe will now return success. (There was already one
>> such user in-tree).
>>
>> Change the fwnode_irq_get_byname() to work as documented and according to
>> the common convention and abd always return a negative errno upon failure.
>>
>> Fixes: ca0acb511c21 ("device property: Add fwnode_irq_get_byname")
>> Suggested-by: Sakari Ailus <sakari.ailus@...ux.intel.com>
>> Reviewed-by: Sakari Ailus <sakari.ailus@...ux.intel.com>
>> Reviewed-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>
>> Signed-off-by: Matti Vaittinen <mazziesaccount@...il.com>
> 
> Whilst the docs don't contradict behaviour for fwnode_irq_get()
> unlike the byname() variant, it does seem odd to fix it only in this
> version rather than modifying them both not to return 0.

I think you're right. I think I overlooked this because the whole thing 
started as a documentation fix :)

> Is there clear logic why they should be different?

Not that I know of. I'll re-spin this with fwnode_irq_get() modified if 
no-one objects. Thanks for pointing this out!

Yours,
	-- Matti

-- 
Matti Vaittinen
Linux kernel developer at ROHM Semiconductors
Oulu Finland

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