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SubjectRe: [PATCH 5/5] driver core: let dev_set_drvdata return int instead of void as it can fail
2011/4/6 Uwe Kleine-König <u.kleine-koenig@pengutronix.de>:
> 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.

Maybe just WARN_ON, then? Please? ;-)

Error return with no other visible sign is easy to miss for driver
writers. Big bad backtrace in dmesg on the other hand attracts
attention.

Best Regards,
Michał Mirosław
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