Re: [PATCH 1/2] genirq/msi, platform-msi: Adjust return value of msi_domain_prepare_irqs()

From: Thomas Gleixner
Date: Mon May 29 2023 - 03:44:53 EST


On Sun, May 28 2023 at 11:42, Huacai Chen wrote:
> On Sat, May 27, 2023 at 10:03 PM Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> On Sat, May 27 2023 at 13:46, Huacai Chen wrote:
>> > After:
>> > = 0: Success;
>> >> 0: The modified nvec;
>> > < 0: Error code.
>>
>> This explains what the patch does, but provides zero justification for
>> this nor any analysis why this is correct for the existing use cases.
> I checked all msi_prepare() callbacks and none of them return positive
> values now, so I think it is correct.

Still you failed to tell so in the changelog. It's not helpful if you
think it is correct. The point is that you have to make clear why it
_IS_ correct.

Thanks,

tglx