Re: [PATCH] mfd: (max8997) Handle the potential error for mfd_add_devices

From: Laszlo Papp
Date: Mon Dec 16 2013 - 08:53:52 EST


I think you commented on the wrong patch. There has been a newer submitted.

On Mon, Dec 16, 2013 at 1:46 PM, Lee Jones <lee.jones@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> The $SUBJECT line is wrong. To see how a subsystem usually formats
> theirs you must do something like `git log --oneline -- <subsystem>`.
> And duplicate the format.
>
> Commit message?
>
>> Signed-off-by: Laszlo Papp <lpapp@xxxxxxx>
>> ---
>> drivers/mfd/max8997.c | 10 +++++-----
>> 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/mfd/max8997.c b/drivers/mfd/max8997.c
>> index 791aea3..c7cc235 100644
>> --- a/drivers/mfd/max8997.c
>> +++ b/drivers/mfd/max8997.c
>> @@ -227,19 +227,19 @@ static int max8997_i2c_probe(struct i2c_client *i2c,
>> pm_runtime_set_active(max8997->dev);
>>
>> max8997_irq_init(max8997);
>> -
>> - mfd_add_devices(max8997->dev, -1, max8997_devs,
>> + ret = mfd_add_devices(max8997->dev, -1, max8997_devs,
>> ARRAY_SIZE(max8997_devs),
>> NULL, 0, NULL);
>> + if (ret < 0) {
>> + dev_err(dev, "cannot add mfd cells\n");
>> + goto err_mfd;
>> + }
>
> Have you tested this patch on h/w? Did you even compile it?
>
>> /*
>> * TODO: enable others (flash, muic, rtc, battery, ...) and
>> * check the return value
>> */
>>
>> - if (ret < 0)
>> - goto err_mfd;
>> -
>> /* MAX8997 has a power button input. */
>> device_init_wakeup(max8997->dev, pdata->wakeup);
>>
>
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