linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 5/8] rtc: isl12022: implement RTC_VL

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Date:   Wed, 14 Jun 2023 15:16:14 +0300
From:   Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>
To:     Alexandre Belloni <alexandre.belloni@...tlin.com>
Cc:     Rasmus Villemoes <linux@...musvillemoes.dk>,
        Alessandro Zummo <a.zummo@...ertech.it>,
        devicetree@...r.kernel.org, Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>,
        Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski+dt@...aro.org>,
        Conor Dooley <conor+dt@...nel.org>, linux-rtc@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 5/8] rtc: isl12022: implement RTC_VL_READ ioctl

On Tue, Jun 13, 2023 at 11:26:51PM +0200, Alexandre Belloni wrote:
> On 13/06/2023 18:20:56+0300, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> > On Tue, Jun 13, 2023 at 03:00:07PM +0200, Rasmus Villemoes wrote:

...

> > > +		ret = regmap_read(regmap, ISL12022_REG_SR, &val);
> > > +		if (ret < 0)
> > 
> > I always feel uneasy with ' < 0' — Does positive error makes sense?
> > Is it even possible? OTOH if the entire driver uses this idiom...
> > oh well, let's make it consistent.
> 
> /**
>  * regmap_read() - Read a value from a single register
>  *
>  * @map: Register map to read from
>  * @reg: Register to be read from
>  * @val: Pointer to store read value
>  *
>  * A value of zero will be returned on success, a negative errno will
>  * be returned in error cases.
>  */

I'm not sure what you meant by this. Yes, I know that there is no
possibility that regmap API returns positive value. Do you mean that
regmap API documentation is unclear?

> > > +			return ret;

-- 
With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko