Re: [PATCH] mtd: rawnand: fix an error code in nand_setup_interface()

From: Dan Carpenter
Date: Sat Apr 17 2021 - 06:25:19 EST


On Fri, Apr 16, 2021 at 05:00:40PM +0200, Miquel Raynal wrote:
> Hi Dan,
>
> Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote on Wed, 14 Apr 2021
> 08:56:33 +0300:
>
> > We should return an error code if the timing mode is not acknowledged
> > by the NAND chip.
>
> This truly is questionable (and I am not yet decided whether the answer
> should be yes or no).
>
> Returning an error here would produce the entire boot sequence to fail,
> even though the NAND chip would work in mode 0.
>
> Not returning an error would print the below warning (so the
> user/developer is warned) and continue the boot with the slowest
> timing interface.
>
> Honestly I would be more in favor of letting things as they are
> because I don't think this may be considered as a buggy situation, but I
> am open to discussion.
>

If we decided that the original code is correct then one way to silence
the warning would be to do:

if (tmode_param[0] != chip->best_interface_config->timings.mode) {
pr_warn("timing mode %d not acknowledged by the NAND chip\n",
chip->best_interface_config->timings.mode);
ret = 0;
goto err_reset_chip;
}

Setting "ret = 0;" right before the goto makes the code look more
intentional to human readers as well.

regards,
dan carpenter