[PATCH v2 2/4] driver core: handle -EPROBE_DEFER from bus_type.match()

[Ulf Hansson]

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>>> @@ -500,8 +501,17 @@ static int __device_attach_driver(struct
>>> device_driver *drv, void *_data)
>>>          if (dev->driver)
>>>                  return -EBUSY;
>>>
>>> -       if (!driver_match_device(drv, dev))
>>> +       ret = driver_match_device(drv, dev);
>>> +       if (!ret)
>>>                  return 0;
>>> +       else if (ret < 0) {
>>
>> Depending on what happens with the added dev_warn() below, perhaps a
>> switch statement can make it a bit clearer, instead of these messy if
>> clauses?
>
>
> Frankly, I have no idea how to convert this to switch statement and make

You are right!

I was thinking that "1" was the only supported positive value,
according to the documentation.

> the code easier to read. Please note that we have the following 4 cases:
>
> ret > 0: positive match
> ret == 0: negative match
> ret == -EPROBE_DEFER: deferred probe
> ret < 0: other, unknown error
>
> Another way to encode this logic is the following code:
>
> if (ret == 0) {
>         /* no match */
>         return 0;
> } else if (ret == -EPROBE_DEFER) {
>         dev_dbg(dev, "Device match requests probe deferral\n");
>         driver_deferred_probe_add(dev);
>         return ret;
> } else if (ret < 0) {
>         dev_dbg(dev, "Bus failed to match device: %d", ret);
>         return ret;
> } /* ret > 0 means positive match */

Okay! To me this looks better!

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Kind regards
Uffe