Re: [PATCH] extcon: Check for incorrect connection type in notifier register

From	Chanwoo Choi <cw00.choi@samsung.com>
Newsgroups	linux.kernel
Subject	Re: [PATCH] extcon: Check for incorrect connection type in notifier register
Date	2016-06-23 12:50 +0200
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Hi,

On 2016년 06월 23일 16:53, Stephen Boyd wrote:
> If we call extcon_register_notifier() with the wrong cable type,
> it blows up with an oops instead of returning an error code.
> Let's be nice and fail gracefully given that the consumer might
> not know if the cable is supported by the extcon provider.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Stephen Boyd <stephen.boyd@linaro.org>
> ---
>  drivers/extcon/extcon.c | 4 ++++
>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

This patch has some merge conflict because the base branch is not on linux-next.
But, Looks good to me. I applied it manually on extcon-next branch.

Thanks,
Chanwoo Choi

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[PATCH] extcon: Check for incorrect connection type in notifier register Stephen Boyd <stephen.boyd@linaro.org> - 2016-06-23 10:00 +0200
  Re: [PATCH] extcon: Check for incorrect connection type in notifier  register Chanwoo Choi <cw00.choi@samsung.com> - 2016-06-23 12:50 +0200

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