Re: [PATCH] serial: handle pci_enable_device() failure upon resume

[Russell King]

On Wed, Oct 11, 2006 at 09:47:20PM -0400, Jeff Garzik wrote:
> Signed-off-by: Jeff Garzik <jeff@xxxxxxxxxx>

NAK.  What happens to the ports if pci_enable_device() fails and someone
has them open?

It's far better to leave the must_check warning behind until it can be
_correctly_ solved, rather than papering over the problem with bogus
patches to return errors without taking an appropriate additional action.

IOW, the warnings serve as a reminder that *proper* error handling needs
to be implemented.

-- 
Russell King
 Linux kernel    2.6 ARM Linux   - http://www.arm.linux.org.uk/
 maintainer of:  2.6 Serial core
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