Re: [PATCH v2 08/23] gpio: sysfs: use gpio_device_find() to iterate over existing devices

[Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Mon, Feb 05, 2024 at 02:50:18PM +0100, Bartosz Golaszewski wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 5, 2024 at 2:47 PM Andy Shevchenko
> <andriy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > On Mon, Feb 05, 2024 at 02:39:40PM +0100, Bartosz Golaszewski wrote:
> > > On Mon, Feb 5, 2024 at 2:38 PM Andy Shevchenko
> > > <andriy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > > On Mon, Feb 05, 2024 at 02:19:10PM +0100, Bartosz Golaszewski wrote:
> > > > > On Mon, Feb 5, 2024 at 1:36 PM Andy Shevchenko
> > > > > <andriy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > > > > On Mon, Feb 05, 2024 at 10:34:03AM +0100, Bartosz Golaszewski wrote:

...

> > > > > > > +static int gpiofind_sysfs_register(struct gpio_chip *gc, void *data)
> > > > > > > +{
> > > > > > > +     struct gpio_device *gdev = gc->gpiodev;
> > > > > > > +     int ret;
> > > > > > > +
> > > > > > > +     if (gdev->mockdev)
> > > > > > > +             return 0;
> > > > > > > +
> > > > > > > +     ret = gpiochip_sysfs_register(gdev);
> > > > > > > +     if (ret)
> > > > > > > +             chip_err(gc, "failed to register the sysfs entry: %d\n", ret);
> > > > > >
> > > > > > > +     return 0;
> > > > > >
> > > > > > ???
> > > >
> > > > What the point of function to be int if you effectively ignore this by always
> > > > returning 0?
> > >
> > > Because the signature of the callback expects an int to be returned?
> >
> > But why do you return 0 instead of ret?
> >
> 
> Because we don't want to *find* a device really. We just want to
> iterate over all of them and call a callback. Any value other than 0
> will be interpreted as a match. Besides: failure to register one GPIO
> sysfs entry shouldn't maybe cause a failure for all subsequent
> devices?

To me it's not obvious, hence I would like to see a comment before return 0.

> > > > > Not sure what the ... and ??? mean? The commit message should have
> > > > > read "... traverse it from gpiofind_sysfs_register()" I agree but the
> > > > > latter?
> > > >
> > > > I didn't realize this may not be obvious :-(.
> > > >
> > > > > > > +}

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With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko