[PATCH v2 4/4] PM / devfreq: Optimize error return value of governor_show()

From: Yaxiong Tian

Date: Tue Mar 31 2026 - 23:31:48 EST


When df->governor is NULL, governor_show() returns -EINVAL, which
confuses users.

To fix this issue, return -ENOENT to indicate that no governor is
currently set for the device.

Signed-off-by: Yaxiong Tian <tianyaxiong@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/devfreq/devfreq.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/devfreq/devfreq.c b/drivers/devfreq/devfreq.c
index 975f82d7a9d1..c40568d2a4dc 100644
--- a/drivers/devfreq/devfreq.c
+++ b/drivers/devfreq/devfreq.c
@@ -1377,7 +1377,7 @@ static ssize_t governor_show(struct device *dev,
struct devfreq *df = to_devfreq(dev);

if (!df->governor)
- return -EINVAL;
+ return -ENOENT;

return sprintf(buf, "%s\n", df->governor->name);
}
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2.25.1