Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] ACPI: Return -ENODEV from acpi_parse_spcr() when SPCR support is disabled

[Catalin Marinas]

On Fri, Jun 20, 2025 at 09:13:07PM +0800, Li Chen wrote:
> From: Li Chen <chenl311@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> If CONFIG_ACPI_SPCR_TABLE is disabled, acpi_parse_spcr()
> currently returns 0, which may incorrectly suggest that
> SPCR parsing was successful. This patch changes the behavior
> to return -ENODEV to clearly indicate that SPCR support
> is not available.
> 
> This prepares the codebase for future changes that depend
> on acpi_parse_spcr() failure detection, such as suppressing
> misleading console messages.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Li Chen <chenl311@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  include/linux/acpi.h | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/include/linux/acpi.h b/include/linux/acpi.h
> index f102c0fe34318..71e692f952905 100644
> --- a/include/linux/acpi.h
> +++ b/include/linux/acpi.h
> @@ -1503,7 +1503,7 @@ int acpi_parse_spcr(bool enable_earlycon, bool enable_console);
>  #else
>  static inline int acpi_parse_spcr(bool enable_earlycon, bool enable_console)
>  {
> -	return 0;
> +	return -ENODEV;
>  }
>  #endif

Rafael, are you ok with this patch going via the arm64 tree?

Thanks.

-- 
Catalin