linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH next v2 2/2] mmc: sunplus: Fix platform_get

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Date:   Wed, 9 Aug 2023 14:51:00 +0300
From:   Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...aro.org>
To:     Ulf Hansson <ulf.hansson@...aro.org>
Cc:     Harshit Mogalapalli <harshit.m.mogalapalli@...cle.com>,
        tonyhuang.sunplus@...il.com, lhjeff911@...il.com, arnd@...db.de,
        linux-mmc@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        error27@...il.com, kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH next v2 2/2] mmc: sunplus: Fix platform_get_irq() error
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On Wed, Aug 09, 2023 at 01:33:51PM +0200, Ulf Hansson wrote:
> On Wed, 9 Aug 2023 at 09:19, Harshit Mogalapalli
> <harshit.m.mogalapalli@...cle.com> wrote:
> >
> > The platform_get_irq() function returns negative error codes on failure.
> >
> > Fixes: 4e268fed8b18 ("mmc: Add mmc driver for Sunplus SP7021")
> > Reported-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...aro.org>
> > Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/all/a3829ed3-d827-4b9d-827e-9cc24a3ec3bc@moroto.mountain/
> > Signed-off-by: Harshit Mogalapalli <harshit.m.mogalapalli@...cle.com>
> 
> Applied for fixes and by adding a stable tag, thanks!

It's not really a fix.  The platform_get_irq() function can't actually
return zero.

I asked Arnd about this and he said that there were some arches where
zero was a valid IRQ but they're not in the upstream kernel any more and
we're hopefully not going to do that again.

regards,
dan carpenter