Re: [PATCH] pinctrl: rzn1: Fix of_get_child_count() error check

From: Geert Uytterhoeven
Date: Fri Nov 23 2018 - 07:06:19 EST


On Fri, Nov 23, 2018 at 11:54 AM Phil Edworthy
<phil.edworthy@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> If we assign the result of of_get_child_count() to an unsigned int,
> the code will not detect any errors. Therefore assign it to an int
> instead.

Note that currently of_get_child_count() never returns a negative
error code. But it does return int, not unsigned int.

> Signed-off-by: Phil Edworthy <phil.edworthy@xxxxxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@xxxxxxxxx>
i.e. will queue in sh-pfc-for-v4.21.

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

Geert

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