linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v11 2/2] spi: loongson: add bus driver for the loongson spi controller

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Date:   Thu, 25 May 2023 12:16:46 +0300
From:   Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@...il.com>
To:     zhuyinbo <zhuyinbo@...ngson.cn>
Cc:     Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>, Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>,
        Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski+dt@...aro.org>,
        linux-spi@...r.kernel.org, devicetree@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Jianmin Lv <lvjianmin@...ngson.cn>,
        wanghongliang@...ngson.cn, Liu Peibao <liupeibao@...ngson.cn>,
        loongson-kernel@...ts.loongnix.cn
Subject: Re: [PATCH v11 2/2] spi: loongson: add bus driver for the loongson
 spi controller

On Thu, May 25, 2023 at 6:34 AM zhuyinbo <zhuyinbo@...ngson.cn> wrote:
> 在 2023/5/24 下午4:42, Andy Shevchenko 写道:
> > On Wed, May 24, 2023 at 10:52 AM zhuyinbo <zhuyinbo@...ngson.cn> wrote:
> >> 在 2023/5/23 下午8:54, andy.shevchenko@...il.com 写道:
> >>> Mon, May 22, 2023 at 03:10:30PM +0800, Yinbo Zhu kirjoitti:

...

> >>>> +    ret = loongson_spi_init_master(dev, reg_base);
> >>>> +    if (ret)
> >>>> +            return dev_err_probe(dev, ret, "failed to initialize master\n");
> >>>> +
> >>>> +    return ret;
> >>>
> >>>        return 0;
> >>
> >> It seems was more appropriate that initialize ret then return ret.
> >> Do you think so ?
> >
> > What do you mean and how does it help here?
>
> I'm sorry, I was wrong before and the ret varible seems not to be
> initialized and it always record the return value for
> loongson_spi_init_master.
>
> It seems was appropriate that use "return ret" and I don't got your
> point that in probe for use "return 0"

In the above excerpt you will return anything except 0 with return
dev_err_probe(); line. Why do you still need to return ret; at the end
of the function?

-- 
With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko