Re: [PATCH v2 1/3] hwmon: (lm90) Add power control

Alexander Shiyan shc_work at mail.ru
Thu Aug 8 05:57:14 EDT 2013


> On 08/08/2013 04:42 PM, Guenter Roeck wrote:
> > On 08/07/2013 11:56 PM, Wei Ni wrote:
> >> The device lm90 can be controlled by the vdd rail.
> >> Adding the power control support to power on/off the vdd rail.
> >> And make sure that power is enabled before accessing the device.
> >>
> >> Signed-off-by: Wei Ni <wni at nvidia.com>
> >> ---
> >>   drivers/hwmon/lm90.c |   49 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
[...]
> > I consider the messages unnecessary and confusing. You are polluting the log
> > of pretty much every PC user who has one of the supported chips in the system,
> > and of everyone else not using regulators for this chip.
> 
> Ok, I will remove these codes.
> So I will write something like:
> if (!IS_ERR(data->lm90_reg)) {
>     ret = regulator_enable(data->lm90_reg);
>     if (ret < 0) {
>         dev_err();
>         return ret;
>     }
> } else {
>     if (PTR_ERR(data->lm90_reg) == -EPROBE_DEFER)
>         return -EPRPBE_DEFER;
> 
>         data->lm90_reg = !!IS_ERR(data->lm90_reg);

No. You do not need this line.

Just use in remove():
if (!IS_ERR(data->lm90_reg))
regulator_disable(data->lm90_reg);

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