Re: [PATCH 2/2] gpiolib: Allow drivers to return EOPNOTSUPP from config

[Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Mon, Mar 29, 2021 at 08:08:52AM -0700, Joe Perches wrote:
> On Mon, 2021-03-29 at 14:59 +0300, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> > On Mon, Mar 29, 2021 at 2:43 PM Matti Vaittinen
> > <matti.vaittinen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > 
> > > The checkpacth instructs to switch from ENOSUPP to EOPNOTSUPP.
> > > > WARNING: ENOTSUPP is not a SUSV4 error code, prefer EOPNOTSUPP
> > > 
> > > Make the gpiolib allow drivers to return both so driver developers
> > > can avoid one of the checkpatch complaints.
> > 
> > Internally we are fine to use the ENOTSUPP.
> > Checkpatch false positives there.
> > 
> > I doubt we need this change. Rather checkpatch should rephrase this to
> > point out that this is only applicable to _user-visible_ error path.
> > Cc'ed Joe.
> 
> Adding CC for Jakub Kicinski who added that particular rule/test.
> 
> And the output message report of the rule is merely a suggestion indicating
> a preference.  It's always up to an individual to accept/reject.
> 
> At best, perhaps wordsmithing the checkpatch message might be an OK option.

Thanks, Joe!

Jakub, what do you think?

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With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko