Re: [PATCH v3 2/4] soundwire: Provide build stubs for common functions

From: Vinod Koul
Date: Thu Nov 24 2022 - 04:32:12 EST


On 24-11-22, 09:22, Charles Keepax wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 24, 2022 at 10:21:32AM +0530, Vinod Koul wrote:
> > On 21-11-22, 14:14, Charles Keepax wrote:
> > > Provide stub functions when CONFIG_SOUNDWIRE is not set for functions
> > > that are quite likely to be used from common code on devices supporting
> > > multiple control buses.
> > >
> > > Reviewed-by: Pierre-Louis Bossart <pierre-louis.bossart@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > Signed-off-by: Charles Keepax <ckeepax@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > ---
> > > +static inline int sdw_stream_add_slave(struct sdw_slave *slave,
> > > + struct sdw_stream_config *stream_config,
> > > + struct sdw_port_config *port_config,
> > > + unsigned int num_ports,
> > > + struct sdw_stream_runtime *stream)
> > > +{
> > > + return 0;
> >
> > Should this and other here not return error...? Indicating sdw is not
> > available..? Silently ignoring may not be very helpful in debugging
> >
>
> Yeah I was a little unsure which way to go on that, in the end I
> opted for returning zero as it was more likely code would get
> optimised out. But I am happy to switch to returning an error, it
> would as you say making debugging misconfigurations easier.
> -ENOSYS seems kinda reasonable I think.

Right, -ENOSYS seems to be apt here

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~Vinod