Re: [PATCH 5/5] driver core: let dev_set_drvdata return int insteadof void as it can fail

From: viresh kumar
Date: Wed Apr 06 2011 - 06:11:18 EST


On 04/06/2011 02:54 PM, Uwe Kleine-KÃnig wrote:
> Signed-off-by: Uwe Kleine-KÃnig <u.kleine-koenig@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> Hello,
>
> I wasn't sure what to return when dev_set_drvdata is called with
> dev=NULL. I choosed 0, but -EINVAL would be OK for me, too. What do you
> think?

Uwe,

I feel -EINVAL would be more appropriate here.
Return value of 0 would mean drvdata is set properly, which is not the case.

Otherwise, patch series looks fine to me. Please add my reviewed-by for all patches.

Reviewed-by: Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@xxxxxx>

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viresh
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