[PATCH 3/3] ARM: omap1/ams-delta: warn about failed regulator enable

Tony Lindgren tony at atomide.com
Tue Feb 23 08:10:35 PST 2016


* Arnd Bergmann <arnd at arndb.de> [160223 05:58]:
> The modem pm handler in the ams-delta board uses regulator_enable()
> but does not check for a successful return code:
> 
> board-ams-delta.c:521:3: error: ignoring return value of 'regulator_enable', declared with attribute warn_unused_result [-Werror=unused-result]
> 
> It is not easy to propagate that return code to the callers in
> uart_configure_port/uart_suspend_port/uart_resume_port, unless
> we change all UART drivers, and it is unclear what those would
> do with the return code.
> 
> Instead, this patch uses a runtime warning to replace the
> compiletime warning. I have checked that the regulator in question
> is hardcoded to a fixed-voltage GPIO regulator, and that should
> never fail to get enabled if I understand the code right.

Looks OK to me:

Acked-by: Tony Lindgren <tony at atomide.com>



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