Re: [PATCH 03/12] edac: edac_mc.c: Use an error code instead of -1

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On Fri, Oct 28, 2016 at 12:12:16PM -0200, Mauro Carvalho Chehab wrote:
> It is non-standard to return -1 instead of an error code. This

Read what I said: -1 is fed into edac_mc_handle_error() already for
other layers. It is *the* standard value to denote not-available in the
EDAC core.

> is the only function at the EDAC kAPI that does that.

Why does it matter? This is not a syscall retval or something - it is
used internally in the reporting path.

> Ok, we could document it at the edac_core.h, but IMHO, it is
> better to have it fixed.

For something to be fixed it needs to be broken first.

Again, read what I said: making it return -EINVAL actually breaks
i82975x_process_error_info(). Not to mention that returning -EINVAL in
that context is completely useless.

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    Boris.

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