On Thu, Nov 10, 2016 at 10:24:21PM +0900, Masahiro Yamada wrote: > > sdhci_alloc_host() returns an error pointer when it fails. > but mmc_alloc_host() cannot. > > This series allow to propagate a proper error code > when host-allocation fails. Why? What can we really do about the error except give up? Why does having a explicit error value make any difference to the caller, they can't do anything different, right? I suggest just leaving it as-is, it's simple, and you don't have to mess with PTR_ERR() anywhere. thanks, greg k-h -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-mmc" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html