Hi Wolfram, On Tue, Sep 19, 2023 at 11:19 AM Wolfram Sang <wsa+renesas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > + ret = reset_control_status(priv->rstc); > > > + if (ret < 0) > > > + return ret; > > > > This is a pre-existing check, but do you really need it? > > This condition will be true if the reset is still asserted, which > > could happen due to some glitch, or force-booting into a new kernel > > using kexec. And AFAIUI, that should be resolved by the call to > > rcar_i2c_do_reset() above. > > This check is needed to ensure reset_control_status() really works > because we need it in rcar_i2c_do_reset(). From the docs: > > "reset_control_status - returns a negative errno if not supported,..." > > The code only checks for that, not for the status of the reset line. Right, I missed the negative. I don't think this can fail on R-Car Gen2+ (using the CPG/MSSR driver) if devm_reset_control_get_exclusive() succeeded, but it's prudent, in case the block is every reused on a different SoC family. Gr{oetje,eeting}s, Geert -- Geert Uytterhoeven -- There's lots of Linux beyond ia32 -- geert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx In personal conversations with technical people, I call myself a hacker. But when I'm talking to journalists I just say "programmer" or something like that. -- Linus Torvalds