>> >> Just noticed - this function (and others similar to this in your >> subsequent patces) mixes acpi-style return values (acpi_status) with >> Linux ones (-ERRXXX). You need to pick one standard (I'd advocate Linux >> style) and stick with it. >> > > Thank's for your review and suggestion, I choice use acpi-style because > it don't need change too much and old functions in acer-wmi also follow > acpi-style. > I replaced the -EINVAL with AE_ERROR, the following is new patch. If it's OK, > I will modify patch 2/4 and patch 3/4 then re-send patchset again. > > But if you use acpi-style errors won't be able to go back to the user (errno) and userspace programs won't be able to display appropriate errors (on modprobe, manipulating sysfs files, etc...). I didn't read the code, so it may not be an issue here, but you should check that meaningful error codes are sent back to userspace. -- Corentin Chary http://xf.iksaif.net -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-input" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
