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    SubjectRe: [PATCH 5/5] driver core: let dev_set_drvdata return int instead of void as it can fail
    Hello,

    On Wed, Apr 06, 2011 at 11:36:46AM +0200, Michał Mirosław wrote:
    > 2011/4/6 Uwe Kleine-König <u.kleine-koenig@pengutronix.de>:
    > > Signed-off-by: Uwe Kleine-König <u.kleine-koenig@pengutronix.de>
    > > ---
    > > Hello,
    > >
    > > I wasn't sure what to return when dev_set_drvdata is called with
    > > dev=NULL.  I choosed 0, but -EINVAL would be OK for me, too. What do you
    > > think?
    >
    > Why not just BUG_ON(!dev)? Is there a case when you might call this
    > with dev==NULL that's not a driver bug?
    I think BUG_ON is too harsh. Will resend with -EINVAL.

    Best regards
    Uwe

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