Re: [PATCH v3 1/2] software node: return -ENOTCONN when referenced swnode is not registered yet

[Andy Shevchenko]

On Fri, Apr 3, 2026 at 4:52 PM Bartosz Golaszewski
<bartosz.golaszewski@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> It's possible that at the time of resolving a reference to a remote
> software node, the node we know exists is not yet registered as a full
> firmware node. We currently return -ENOENT in this case but the same
> error code is also returned in some other cases, like the reference
> property with given name not existing in the property list of the local
> software node.
>
> It makes sense to let users know that we're dealing with an unregistered
> software node so that they can defer probe - the situation is somewhat
> similar to there existing a firmware node to which no device is bound
> yet - which is valid grounds for probe deferral. To that end: use
> -ENOTCONN to indicate the software node is "not connected".

Despite being mostly for networking purposes this error code also be
de facto used in other contexts similar to what we have.
Acked-by: Andy Shevchenko <andy@xxxxxxxxxx>

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With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko