Re: [PATCH v1 02/28] leds: core: The -ENOTSUPP should never be seen by user space

From: Andy Shevchenko
Date: Fri May 28 2021 - 06:43:48 EST


On Fri, May 28, 2021 at 12:03:39PM +0200, Pavel Machek wrote:
> On Mon 2021-05-10 12:50:19, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> > Replace -ENOTSUPP by -EOPNOTSUPP when returning from exported function.
> >
> > Fixes: 13ae79bbe4c2 ("leds: core: Drivers shouldn't enforce SYNC/ASYNC brightness setting")
> > Cc: Jacek Anaszewski <j.anaszewski@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Signed-off-by: Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxx>
>
> Are you sure this is real problem?

(Potential) real problem, yes.

» This does not sound like an error
> path that should happen.

Before crafting this patch I have checked callers and _luckily_ they haven't
tested the returned code. But if any of the user decides to check -> real
problem.

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With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko