Re: Error code handling by GPIO subsystem for PIN_CONFIG_PERSIST_STATE config

[Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Mon, May 3, 2021 at 11:44 AM Andy Shevchenko
<andy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Mon, May 3, 2021 at 8:32 AM LakshmiPraveen Kopparthi
> <LakshmiPraveen.Kopparthi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > Hello GPIO Maintainers,
> >
> > I am writing a GPIO device driver for one of our PCIe based
> > devices.While addressing the warnings and errors reported by checkpatch
> > script, I ran into an problem while fixing this.
>
> The problem is that you started fixing the symptoms, not a cause. The
> cause is... checkpatch itself. Please, fix it instead (The warning
> should be rewritten to be not so frightening).

Read this [1] discussion to understand how to proceed.

[1]: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/cover.1617017060.git.matti.vaittinen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/

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With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko