linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v7 12/16] pinctrl: qcom: use generic pin function helpers

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Date: Tue, 2 Sep 2025 18:27:35 +0300
From: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...el.com>
To: Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk@...nel.org>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v7 12/16] pinctrl: qcom: use generic pin function helpers

On Tue, Sep 02, 2025 at 05:12:24PM +0200, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
> On 02/09/2025 15:15, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> > On Tue, Sep 02, 2025 at 01:59:21PM +0200, Bartosz Golaszewski wrote:

...

> >> +	for (i = 0; i < soc_data->nfunctions; i++) {
> >> +		func = &soc_data->functions[i];
> >> +
> >> +		ret = pinmux_generic_add_pinfunction(pctrl->pctrl, func, NULL);
> >> +		if (ret < 0)
> > 
> > Why not simply
> > 
> > 		if (ret)
> 
> Because existing code is as readable?

I don't agree on this. And Bart explained why. So, it's an API requirement
after all.

> This is just some serious
> nitpicking which is not actually helping at all at v7.

Agree, this comment is a nit-pick which can be ignored at v7 stage.

-- 
With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko