Re: [PATCH v2 05/13] i2c: acpi: Return error pointers from i2c_acpi_new_device()

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On Tue, Nov 27, 2018 at 04:24:41PM +0100, Hans de Goede wrote:
> On 27-11-18 14:46, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> > On Tue, Nov 27, 2018 at 01:49:53PM +0200, Mika Westerberg wrote:
> > > On Tue, Nov 27, 2018 at 10:16:25AM +0100, Hans de Goede wrote:
> > > > One problem is that i2c_new_device() currently simply returns NULL on all
> > > > errors. Andy, you could take a look how much work it is to make that return
> > > > an ERR_PTR too, or just check its return value and return ERR_PTR(-ENXIO) if
> > > > it fails for now...
> > > 
> > > I would use -ENODEV here and -EINVAL in case there is no ACPI companion :)
> > 
> > Sounds more traditional than ENXIO.
> > I would go the way Mika proposed if there is no objection.
> 
> Works for me, go for it.

Just sent a new version, but dropped your Rb in that very patch. Please, check
if everything is okay.

-- 
With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko





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