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Date: Mon, 28 Mar 2022 14:46:57 +0200 From: Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch> To: Damien Le Moal <damien.lemoal@...nsource.wdc.com> Cc: Michael Chan <michael.chan@...adcom.com>, "David S . Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>, Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>, Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>, Netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>, Pavan Chebbi <pavan.chebbi@...adcom.com> Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] net: bnxt_ptp: fix compilation error > The call to bnxt_ptp_cfg_pin() after the swith will return -ENOTSUPP for > invalid pin IDs. So I did not feel like adding more changes was necessary. > > We can return an error if you insist, but what should it be ? -EINVAL ? > -ENODEV ? -ENOTSUPP ? Given that bnxt_ptp_cfg_pin() return -ENOTSUPP, we > could use that code. https://elixir.bootlin.com/linux/v5.17.1/source/include/linux/errno.h#L23 ENOTSUPP is an NFS only error code. It should not be used anywhere else. EOPNOTSUPP is the generic error that should be used. However, don't replace an ENOTSUPP with an EOPNOTSUPP without considering ABI. Andrew
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