Re: [PATCH v5 1/4] device property: Allow error pointer to be passed to fwnode APIs

[Sakari Ailus]

Hi Andy,

On Fri, Apr 08, 2022 at 03:44:03PM +0300, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 07, 2022 at 01:19:44PM +0300, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> > On Wed, Apr 06, 2022 at 08:05:23PM +0200, Michael Walle wrote:
> 
> ...
> 
> > > > +	if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(fwnode))
> > > > +		return -ENOENT;
> > > > +
> > > >  	ret = fwnode_call_int_op(fwnode, get_reference_args, prop, nargs_prop,
> > > >  				 nargs, index, args);
> > > > +	if (ret == 0)
> > > > +		return ret;
> > > > 
> > > > -	if (ret < 0 && !IS_ERR_OR_NULL(fwnode) &&
> > > > -	    !IS_ERR_OR_NULL(fwnode->secondary))
> > > > -		ret = fwnode_call_int_op(fwnode->secondary, get_reference_args,
> > > > -					 prop, nargs_prop, nargs, index, args);
> > > > +	if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(fwnode->secondary))
> > > > +		return -ENOENT;
> > > 
> > > Doesn't this mean you overwrite any return code != 0 with -ENOENT?
> > > Is this intended?
> > 
> > Indeed, it would shadow the error code.
> 
> I was thinking more on this and am not sure about the best approach here.
> On one hand in the original code this returns the actual error code from
> the call against primary fwnode. But it can be at least -ENOENT or -EINVAL.
> 
> But when we check the secondary fwnode we want to have understanding that it's
> secondary fwnode which has not been found, but this requires to have a good
> distinguishing between error codes from the callback.
> 
> That said, the error codes convention of ->get_reference_args() simply
> sucks. Sakari, do you have it on your TODO to fix this mess out, if it's
> even feasible?

What would you expect to see compared to what it is now?

I guess the error code could be different for a missing property and a
property with invalid data, but I'm not sure any caller would be interested
in that.

> 
> To be on safest side, I will change as suggested in previous mail (see below)
> so it won't have impact on -EINVAL case.
> 
> > So, it should go with
> > 
> > 	if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(fwnode->secondary))
> > 		return ret;
> > 
> > then.
> 
> -- 
> With Best Regards,
> Andy Shevchenko
> 
> 

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Sakari Ailus