[PATCH v2 2/7] of: reserved_mem: use -ENODEV instead of -ENOENT

From: Marek Szyprowski

Date: Mon Mar 23 2026 - 06:14:27 EST


When given reserved memory region doesn't really support given node,
return -ENODEV instead of -ENOENT. Then fix __reserved_mem_init_node()
function to properly propagate error code different from -ENODEV instead
of silently ignoring it.

Signed-off-by: Marek Szyprowski <m.szyprowski@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/of/of_reserved_mem.c | 7 ++++---
kernel/dma/coherent.c | 2 +-
kernel/dma/contiguous.c | 2 +-
3 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/of/of_reserved_mem.c b/drivers/of/of_reserved_mem.c
index 6705b7afebf0..9aff460a0420 100644
--- a/drivers/of/of_reserved_mem.c
+++ b/drivers/of/of_reserved_mem.c
@@ -488,9 +488,10 @@ static int __init __reserved_mem_init_node(struct reserved_mem *rmem,
{
extern const struct of_device_id __reservedmem_of_table[];
const struct of_device_id *i;
- int ret = -ENOENT;
+ int ret = -ENODEV;

- for (i = __reservedmem_of_table; i < &__rmem_of_table_sentinel; i++) {
+ for (i = __reservedmem_of_table; ret == -ENODEV &&
+ i < &__rmem_of_table_sentinel; i++) {
reservedmem_of_init_fn initfn = i->data;
const char *compat = i->compatible;

@@ -574,7 +575,7 @@ static void __init fdt_init_reserved_mem_node(struct reserved_mem *rmem,
nomap = of_get_flat_dt_prop(node, "no-map", NULL) != NULL;

err = __reserved_mem_init_node(rmem, node);
- if (err != 0 && err != -ENOENT) {
+ if (err != 0 && err != -ENODEV) {
pr_info("node %s compatible matching fail\n", rmem->name);
if (nomap)
memblock_clear_nomap(rmem->base, rmem->size);
diff --git a/kernel/dma/coherent.c b/kernel/dma/coherent.c
index 34621acbd3c5..64f9ba618e19 100644
--- a/kernel/dma/coherent.c
+++ b/kernel/dma/coherent.c
@@ -370,7 +370,7 @@ static const struct reserved_mem_ops rmem_dma_ops = {
static int __init rmem_dma_setup(unsigned long node, struct reserved_mem *rmem)
{
if (of_get_flat_dt_prop(node, "reusable", NULL))
- return -EINVAL;
+ return -ENODEV;

#ifdef CONFIG_ARM
if (!of_get_flat_dt_prop(node, "no-map", NULL)) {
diff --git a/kernel/dma/contiguous.c b/kernel/dma/contiguous.c
index 81a2fa4971ee..e6fc6906b5c0 100644
--- a/kernel/dma/contiguous.c
+++ b/kernel/dma/contiguous.c
@@ -483,7 +483,7 @@ static int __init rmem_cma_setup(unsigned long node, struct reserved_mem *rmem)

if (!of_get_flat_dt_prop(node, "reusable", NULL) ||
of_get_flat_dt_prop(node, "no-map", NULL))
- return -EINVAL;
+ return -ENODEV;

if (!IS_ALIGNED(rmem->base | rmem->size, CMA_MIN_ALIGNMENT_BYTES)) {
pr_err("Reserved memory: incorrect alignment of CMA region\n");
--
2.34.1