Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] gpiolib: check the 'ngpios' property in core gpiolib code

From: Andy Shevchenko
Date: Thu Nov 18 2021 - 12:07:37 EST


On Thu, Nov 18, 2021 at 07:01:42PM +0200, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 18, 2021 at 05:38:14PM +0100, Bartosz Golaszewski wrote:
> > On Thu, Nov 18, 2021 at 4:46 PM Andy Shevchenko
> > <andriy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > On Thu, Nov 18, 2021 at 02:23:17PM +0100, Bartosz Golaszewski wrote:

...

> > > > + if (ret) {

> > > > + ret = -EINVAL;
> > >
> > > Sorry, forgot to ask, why this is needed?
> >
> > What do you mean? 0 lines doesn't sound like a valid value so -EINVAL
> > is in order.
>
> What is so special about -EINVAL? Why ret can't be returned?

See another mail, I explained how the code should be.

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Andy Shevchenko