Re: [PATCH 08/10] mfd: rtsx: add support for rts524A

From: Lee Jones
Date: Mon Jan 19 2015 - 02:40:55 EST


On Mon, 19 Jan 2015, æé wrote:

>
> On 01/18/2015 08:20 PM, Lee Jones wrote:
> >> +static int rts524a_optimize_phy(struct rtsx_pcr *pcr)
> >> >+{
> >> >+ int err;
> >> >+
> >> >+ err = rtsx_pci_write_register(pcr, RTS524A_PM_CTRL3,
> >> >+ D3_DELINK_MODE_EN, 0x00);
> >> >+ if (err < 0)
> >> >+ return err;
> > if (err)
> >
> err value will never be positive, but I have to make it consistence
> with driver in other place, because all the check using if (err < 0) form.

Then all of them should be changed.

> And maybe, it make reserved for future the function may return positive
> value.

I'd prefer not to live in the world of 'what if'. I think only
checking for a less than zero error value insinuates that a greater
than zero return is acceptable, but in this case is it not.

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