Re: [PATCH] PM / devfreq: Propagate error from devfreq_add_device()

From: Chanwoo Choi
Date: Sun Nov 05 2017 - 17:41:59 EST


Hi,

On 2017ë 11ì 04ì 12:38, Bjorn Andersson wrote:
> Propagate the error of devfreq_add_device() in devm_devfreq_add_device()
> rather than statically returning ENOMEM. This makes it slightly faster
> to pinpoint the cause of a returned error.
>
> Signed-off-by: Bjorn Andersson <bjorn.andersson@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 78fb496ecb4e..99c4021fc33b 100644
> --- a/drivers/devfreq/devfreq.c
> +++ b/drivers/devfreq/devfreq.c
> @@ -737,7 +737,7 @@ struct devfreq *devm_devfreq_add_device(struct device *dev,
> devfreq = devfreq_add_device(dev, profile, governor_name, data);
> if (IS_ERR(devfreq)) {
> devres_free(ptr);
> - return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
> + return devfreq;
> }
>
> *ptr = devfreq;
>

Looks good to me.
Acked-by: Chanwoo Choi <cw00.choi@xxxxxxxxxxx>

But, you better to send this patch to the 'stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx'
with the fixes information as following:

Fixes: 8cd84092d35e ("PM / devfreq: Add resource-managed function for devfreq device")
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Bjorn Andersson <bjorn.andersson@xxxxxxxxxx>

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Best Regards,
Chanwoo Choi
Samsung Electronics