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SubjectRe: [PATCH] clocksource: dw_apb: fix error check
On 05/27/2013 03:49 PM, Baruch Siach wrote:
> Hi Daniel,
>
> On Mon, May 27, 2013 at 03:14:23PM +0200, Daniel Lezcano wrote:
>> On 05/27/2013 01:51 PM, Baruch Siach wrote:
>>> irq_of_parse_and_map() returns 0 on error, while the code checks for NO_IRQ.
>>> This breaks on platforms that have NO_IRQ != 0.
>>>
>>> Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org>
>>> Signed-off-by: Baruch Siach <baruch@tkos.co.il>
>>> ---
>>
>> Shouldn't the 'irq_of_parse_and_map' function to be fixed and return
>> NO_IRQ in case of error ? (even if some code checks the return value is
>> 'zero' in case of error [1], while some other code checks NO_IRQ [2]).
>
> Probably not. See http://lwn.net/Articles/470820/.

Very interesting. Thx for the pointer !

-- Daniel

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