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Date:   Wed, 17 May 2023 16:09:37 +0300
From:   Matti Vaittinen <mazziesaccount@...il.com>
To:     Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>
Cc:     Matti Vaittinen <matti.vaittinen@...rohmeurope.com>,
        Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>,
        Daniel Scally <djrscally@...il.com>,
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        Sakari Ailus <sakari.ailus@...ux.intel.com>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 0/7] fix fwnode_irq_get[_byname()] returnvalue

On 5/17/23 15:43, Linus Walleij wrote:
> On Tue, May 16, 2023 at 9:12 AM Matti Vaittinen
> <mazziesaccount@...il.com> wrote:
> 
>> The fwnode_irq_get() and the fwnode_irq_get_byname() may have returned
>> zero if mapping the IRQ fails. This contradicts the
>> fwnode_irq_get_byname() documentation. Furthermore, returning zero or
>> errno on error is unepected and can easily lead to problems
>> like:
> 
> Also, zero is not really a valid IRQ, it means NO_IRQ:
> https://lwn.net/Articles/470820/
> 
> I'll apply the pinctrl patches.

Thanks Linus. I guess you noticed but please wait until the patch 1/7 
gets in as the pinctrl patches won't do "the right thing" without it. 
(Just ensuring we are on a same page ;) )

Yours,
	-- Matti

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

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