[PATCH v2] mfd: stmfx: Improve error message triggered by regulator fault in .remove()

Lee Jones lee.jones at linaro.org
Mon Feb 14 07:12:33 PST 2022


On Mon, 14 Feb 2022, Uwe Kleine-König wrote:

> Returning a non-zero value in an i2c remove callback results in the i2c
> core emitting a very generic error message ("remove failed (-ESOMETHING),
> will be ignored") and as the message indicates not further error handling
> is done.
> 
> Instead emit a more specific error message and then return zero in
> .remove().
> 
> The long-term goal is to make the i2c remove prototype return void, making
> all implementations return 0 is preparatory work for this change.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Uwe Kleine-König <u.kleine-koenig at pengutronix.de>
> ---
> Changes since (implicit) v1:
> 
>  - put declaration of ret and assignment in two lines.
>    (requested by Lee Jones)
> 
>  drivers/mfd/stmfx.c | 17 ++++++++++++-----
>  1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

Applied, thanks.

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