[PATCHv2 1/2] ads7846: OMAP3: Removal of warnings backtrace in bootup

Igor Grinberg grinberg at compulab.co.il
Thu Feb 3 06:12:32 EST 2011



On 02/03/11 13:00, Poddar, Sourav wrote:

> On Thu, Feb 3, 2011 at 3:47 PM, Igor Grinberg <grinberg at compulab.co.il> wrote:
>> if (pdata->get_pendown_state) {
>>        ts->get_pendown_state = pdata->get_pendown_state;
>>        ts->gpio_pendown = -1;
>>        return 0;
>> }
> Yes we can do so .I initialise it at a place where other variables
>  where initialised.
>
>>> Also, why don't we use -EINVAL for the invalid gpio number instead of -1 constant?
>>>
>  I used -1 because conditional check done in probe ads7846_probe function
>  used this value.
>
>   err_free_gpio:
>         if (ts->gpio_pendown != -1)
>                 gpio_free(ts->gpio_pendown);
>

Well I understand that and that's why in my proposal I used -1 also, but
I thought we can make it even better if we switch to -EINVAL
(though wanted to check if there are any reasonable objections)
and while you are at this, may be you are willing also to submit a patch for this?

-- 
Regards,
Igor.




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