Re: [PATCH 4/6] [media] go7007: Use common error handling code in s2250_probe()

From: SF Markus Elfring
Date: Wed Sep 20 2017 - 03:09:38 EST


>> @@ -555,17 +553,13 @@ static int s2250_probe(struct i2c_client *client,
>> /* initialize the audio */
>> if (write_regs(audio, aud_regs) < 0) {
>> dev_err(&client->dev, "error initializing audio\n");
>> - goto fail;
>> + goto e_io;
>
> Preserve the error code.

Do you suggest then to adjust the implementation of the function "write_regs"
so that a more meaningful value would be used instead of the failure indication "-1"?

https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/drivers/media/usb/go7007/s2250-board.c?h=v4.14-rc1#n302
http://elixir.free-electrons.com/linux/v4.14-rc1/source/drivers/media/usb/go7007/s2250-board.c#L298

Regards,
Markus