Re: [PATCH] extcon: Check for incorrect connection type in notifier register

From: Chanwoo Choi
Date: Thu Jun 23 2016 - 06:40:16 EST


Hi,

On 2016ë 06ì 23ì 16:53, Stephen Boyd wrote:
> If we call extcon_register_notifier() with the wrong cable type,
> it blows up with an oops instead of returning an error code.
> Let's be nice and fail gracefully given that the consumer might
> not know if the cable is supported by the extcon provider.
>
> Signed-off-by: Stephen Boyd <stephen.boyd@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/extcon/extcon.c | 4 ++++
> 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

This patch has some merge conflict because the base branch is not on linux-next.
But, Looks good to me. I applied it manually on extcon-next branch.

Thanks,
Chanwoo Choi