netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next v3 2/3] net: bcmgenet: Return PTR_ERR() for fixed_phy

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Message-ID: <0ae6118c-59e1-4b9d-b4a7-270c69390f37@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 18 Aug 2023 17:27:27 -0700
From: Doug Berger <opendmb@...il.com>
To: Ruan Jinjie <ruanjinjie@...wei.com>, rafal@...ecki.pl,
 bcm-kernel-feedback-list@...adcom.com, davem@...emloft.net,
 edumazet@...gle.com, kuba@...nel.org, pabeni@...hat.com,
 florian.fainelli@...adcom.com, bryan.whitehead@...rochip.com,
 UNGLinuxDriver@...rochip.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v3 2/3] net: bcmgenet: Return PTR_ERR() for
 fixed_phy_register()

On 8/18/2023 12:07 AM, Ruan Jinjie wrote:
> fixed_phy_register() returns -EPROBE_DEFER, -EINVAL and -EBUSY,
> etc, in addition to -ENODEV. The Best practice is to return these
> error codes with PTR_ERR().
> 
> Signed-off-by: Ruan Jinjie <ruanjinjie@...wei.com>
> ---
> v3:
> - Split the return value check into another patch set.
> - Update the commit title and message.
> ---
>   drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/genet/bcmmii.c | 2 +-
>   1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

Acked-by: Doug Berger <opendmb@...il.com>