linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v4 1/5] serial: core: tidy invalid baudrate handling in uart_get_baud

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Message-ID: <2023100322-roamer-dab-b96a@gregkh>
Date:   Tue, 3 Oct 2023 14:39:34 +0200
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Max Filippov <jcmvbkbc@...il.com>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-serial@...r.kernel.org,
        devicetree@...r.kernel.org, Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@...nel.org>,
        Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>,
        Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski+dt@...aro.org>,
        Conor Dooley <conor+dt@...nel.org>,
        Ilpo Järvinen <ilpo.jarvinen@...ux.intel.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 1/5] serial: core: tidy invalid baudrate handling in
 uart_get_baud_rate

On Thu, Sep 28, 2023 at 08:16:27AM -0700, Max Filippov wrote:
> uart_get_baud_rate has input parameters 'min' and 'max' limiting the
> range of acceptable baud rates from the caller's perspective. If neither
> current or old termios structures have acceptable baud rate setting and
> 9600 is not in the min/max range either the function returns 0 and
> issues a warning.
> However for a UART that does not support speed of 9600 baud this is
> expected behavior.
> Clarify that 0 can be (and always could be) returned from the
> uart_get_baud_rate. Don't issue a warning in that case.
> Move the warinng to the uart_get_divisor instead, which is often called
> with the uart_get_baud_rate return value.

This doesn't match up with the patch contents anymore :(