clk: clk_round_rate() should return 0, not negative numbers, upon error
Paul Walmsley
pwalmsley at nvidia.com
Mon Nov 25 19:03:06 EST 2013
On 11/25/2013 04:01 PM, Russell King - ARM Linux wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 25, 2013 at 03:55:33PM -0800, Paul Walmsley wrote:
>> Update the documentation for clk_round_rate() to state that it should
>> return 0 rather than a negative error code when it encounters an
>> error. This describes how the common clock framework currently works;
>> howeever, some clock code does not yet align to this.
>>
>> This change is to prepare for returning unsigned values from
>> clk_round_rate().
> You really ought to document why this is being changed here, to help
> sell the change to parties who are not aware of the background.
> Otherwise, it just looks like a gratuitous API change.
Will do and resend.
- Paul
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