[PATCH 1/2] platform/x86: dell-ddv: Improve error handling

From: Armin Wolf
Date: Thu Jul 06 2023 - 21:04:03 EST


If for some reason a external function returns -ENODEV,
no error message is being displayed because the driver
assumes that -ENODEV can only be returned internally if
no sensors, etc where found.
Fix this by explicitly returning 0 in such a case since
missing hardware is no error. Also remove the now obsolete
check for -ENODEV.

Signed-off-by: Armin Wolf <W_Armin@xxxxxx>
---
drivers/platform/x86/dell/dell-wmi-ddv.c | 7 ++++---
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/dell/dell-wmi-ddv.c b/drivers/platform/x86/dell/dell-wmi-ddv.c
index 2750dee99c3e..db1e9240dd02 100644
--- a/drivers/platform/x86/dell/dell-wmi-ddv.c
+++ b/drivers/platform/x86/dell/dell-wmi-ddv.c
@@ -616,7 +616,8 @@ static int dell_wmi_ddv_hwmon_add(struct dell_wmi_ddv_data *data)
}

if (index < 2) {
- ret = -ENODEV;
+ /* Finding no available sensors is not an error */
+ ret = 0;

goto err_release;
}
@@ -841,13 +842,13 @@ static int dell_wmi_ddv_probe(struct wmi_device *wdev, const void *context)

if (IS_REACHABLE(CONFIG_ACPI_BATTERY)) {
ret = dell_wmi_ddv_battery_add(data);
- if (ret < 0 && ret != -ENODEV)
+ if (ret < 0)
dev_warn(&wdev->dev, "Unable to register ACPI battery hook: %d\n", ret);
}

if (IS_REACHABLE(CONFIG_HWMON)) {
ret = dell_wmi_ddv_hwmon_add(data);
- if (ret < 0 && ret != -ENODEV)
+ if (ret < 0)
dev_warn(&wdev->dev, "Unable to register hwmon interface: %d\n", ret);
}

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2.30.2