Re: [PATCH] mfd: rt4831: Improve error reporting for problems during .remove()

From: Lee Jones
Date: Mon May 23 2022 - 10:08:29 EST


On Mon, 02 May 2022, Uwe Kleine-König wrote:

> Returning an error value in an i2c remove callback results in a generic
> error message being emitted by the i2c core, but otherwise it doesn't make
> a difference. The device goes away anyhow and the devm cleanups are
> called.
>
> So instead of triggering the generic i2c error message, emit a more helpful
> message if a problem occurs and return 0 to suppress the generic message.
>
> This patch is a preparation for making i2c remove callbacks return void.
>
> Signed-off-by: Uwe Kleine-König <u.kleine-koenig@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/mfd/rt4831.c | 7 ++++++-
> 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

Applied, thanks.

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