RE: [PATCH v3] Bluetooth: btwilink driver

From: Savoy, Pavan
Date: Tue Oct 19 2010 - 16:55:16 EST




> -----Original Message-----
> From: Gustavo F. Padovan [mailto:pao@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Gustavo F.
> Padovan
> Sent: Tuesday, October 19, 2010 3:54 PM
> To: Savoy, Pavan
> Cc: marcel@xxxxxxxxxxxx; linux-bluetooth@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; linux-
> kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] Bluetooth: btwilink driver
>
> * Savoy, Pavan <pavan_savoy@xxxxxx> [2010-10-20 02:15:29 +0530]:
>
> >
> >
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Gustavo F. Padovan [mailto:pao@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Gustavo
> F.
> > > Padovan
> > > Sent: Tuesday, October 19, 2010 3:39 PM
> > > To: Savoy, Pavan
> > > Cc: marcel@xxxxxxxxxxxx; linux-bluetooth@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; linux-
> > > kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] Bluetooth: btwilink driver
> > >
> > > * pavan_savoy@xxxxxx <pavan_savoy@xxxxxx> [2010-10-19 16:57:38 -0400]:
> > >
> > > > From: Pavan Savoy <pavan_savoy@xxxxxx>
> > > >
> > > > v3 comments
> > > >
> > > > Marcel, Gustavo, & list,
> > > > Please review this version of patch.
> > > >
> > > > Anderson,
> > > > I have taken care of most of the comments you had.
> > > > Have re-wrote some of the code commenting you've mentioned.
> > > > Thanks for the comments,
> > > >
> > > > The other few like -EPERM for platform driver registration is to keep
> > > > it similar to other drivers
> > >
> > > Which drivers returns -EPERM to any kind of error? The are many reasons
> > > why the funcion can fail, and you want to give the best error report to
> the
> > > user. Use EPERM to all of them is just wrong.
> >
> > Yes, it can fail for plenty of reasons.
> > So I'll just return whatever I get from platform_driver_register.
> > Is this OK?
>
> Yes.
>
> >
> > > >type casting is maintained just to feel safe
> > > > and have style similar to other drivers.
> > >
> > > We don't need to feel safe here. Type cast actually can hide errors,
> > > only use them when you really need to cast, in many case here you don't.
> >
> > Ok, I can remove type casting.
> > I am not really for or against it...
>
> Yes, do that please. ;)

Done :)

> --
> Gustavo F. Padovan
> ProFUSION embedded systems - http://profusion.mobi
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