On 22.11.2021 18:50:00, Aswath Govindraju wrote:
> > What about adding a devm_mux_control_get_optional(), which doesn't
> > return a -ENODEV but a NULL pointer if the device doesn't exist?
> >
>
> I tried adding it in the following manner,
>
> +/**
> + * devm_mux_control_optional_get() - Optionally get the mux-control for a
> + * device, with resource management.
> + * @dev: The device that needs a mux-control.
> + * @mux_name: The name identifying the mux-control.
> + *
> + * This differs from devm_mux_control_get in that if the mux does not
> + * exist, it is not considered an error and -ENODEV will not be
> + * returned. Instead the NULL is returned.
> + *
> + * Return: Pointer to the mux-control, or an ERR_PTR with a negative errno.
> + */
> +struct mux_control *devm_mux_control_optional_get(struct device *dev,
> + const char *mux_name)
> +{
> + struct mux_control *mux_ctrl;
> +
> + mux_ctrl = devm_mux_control_get(dev, mux_name);
> + if (PTR_ERR(mux_ctrl) == -ENOENT)
> + mux_ctrl = NULL;
> +
> + return mux_ctrl;
> +}
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(devm_mux_control_optional_get);
> +
>
> However the issue is that there is a print in mux_control_get()
> dev_err(dev, "%pOF: failed to get mux-control %s(%i)\n",
>
> which is getting printed, whenever mux-controls property is not found.
> Therefore, I was not sure about how to go about this issue and did not
> implement it.
Ok, this would require more tweaking in the mux layer. Then leave it as
is.
regards,
Marc
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