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Re: [PATCH 6/7] drivers: net: cpsw: fix error return code

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On Sat, 26 Dec 2015, Sergei Shtylyov wrote:

> Hello.
> 
> On 12/26/2015 08:50 PM, Sergei Shtylyov wrote:
> 
> > > > > diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/ti/cpsw.c
> > > > > b/drivers/net/ethernet/ti/cpsw.c
> > > > > index 3409e80..6a76992 100644
> > > > > --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/ti/cpsw.c
> > > > > +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/ti/cpsw.c
> > > > > @@ -2448,8 +2448,10 @@ static int cpsw_probe(struct platform_device
> > > > > *pdev)
> > > > > 
> > > > >        /* RX IRQ */
> > > > >        irq = platform_get_irq(pdev, 1);
> > > > > -    if (irq < 0)
> > > > > +    if (irq < 0) {
> > > > > +        ret = -ENOENT;
> > > > 
> > > >     Why not just propagate an error returned by that function?
> > > 
> > > OK, I did what was done a few lines before in the same function:
> > > 
> > >          ndev->irq = platform_get_irq(pdev, 1);
> > >          if (ndev->irq < 0) {
> > >         dev_err(priv->dev, "error getting irq resource\n");
> > >                  ret = -ENOENT;
> > >                  goto clean_ale_ret;
> > >          }
> > > 
> > > Maybe they should all be changed?
> > 
> >     Yeah, I'd vote for it. I'm seeing no sense in overriding an actual
> > error.
> 
>    Hm, I decided to check drivers/base/dd.c and I think I maybe know the
> reason now: -ENXIO, usually returned by platform_get_irq(), is silently
> "swallowed" by really_probe(); to be precise, -ENODEV and -ENXIO are only
> reported with pr_debug(), while -ENOENT causes printk(KERN_WARNING, ...)...

Sorry, I'm confused...  What should it be?  v1 or v2?  Here are the counts 
of the different constants returned on failure of platform_get_irq:

ENODEV: 84
ENXIO: 67
EINVAL: 61
ENOENT: 29
EBUSY: 11
EIO: 2
EPROBE_DEFER: 1

julia
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[PATCH 0/7] fix error return code Julia Lawall <Julia.Lawall@lip6.fr> - 2015-12-26 16:50 +0100
  [PATCH 6/7] drivers: net: cpsw: fix error return code Julia Lawall <Julia.Lawall@lip6.fr> - 2015-12-26 16:50 +0100
    Re: [PATCH 6/7] drivers: net: cpsw: fix error return code Sergei Shtylyov <sergei.shtylyov@cogentembedded.com> - 2015-12-26 18:40 +0100
      Re: [PATCH 6/7] drivers: net: cpsw: fix error return code Julia Lawall <julia.lawall@lip6.fr> - 2015-12-26 18:50 +0100
        Re: [PATCH 6/7] drivers: net: cpsw: fix error return code Sergei Shtylyov <sergei.shtylyov@cogentembedded.com> - 2015-12-26 19:00 +0100
          [PATCH 6/7 v2] drivers: net: cpsw: fix error return code Julia Lawall <julia.lawall@lip6.fr> - 2015-12-26 20:20 +0100
          Re: [PATCH 6/7] drivers: net: cpsw: fix error return code Sergei Shtylyov <sergei.shtylyov@cogentembedded.com> - 2015-12-26 21:00 +0100
            Re: [PATCH 6/7] drivers: net: cpsw: fix error return code Julia Lawall <julia.lawall@lip6.fr> - 2015-12-26 21:10 +0100
              Re: [PATCH 6/7] drivers: net: cpsw: fix error return code Sergei Shtylyov <sergei.shtylyov@cogentembedded.com> - 2015-12-26 21:20 +0100

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