Re: [PATCH v1 1/2] i2c: acpi: Return -ENOENT when no resources found in i2c_acpi_client_count()

[Mika Westerberg]

On Tue, Nov 25, 2025 at 10:40:11AM +0100, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> Some users want to return an error to the upper layers when
> i2c_acpi_client_count() returns 0. Follow the common pattern
> in such cases, i.e. return -ENOENT instead of 0.

Well what does 0 mean then?

To me it's logical that i2c_acpi_client_count() as it returns count,
returns 0 if the count is 0. Let's not make it any more complex than that.
;-)

> While at it, fix the kernel-doc warning about missing return value
> description.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  drivers/i2c/i2c-core-acpi.c | 7 +++++--
>  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/i2c/i2c-core-acpi.c b/drivers/i2c/i2c-core-acpi.c
> index ed90858a27b7..a7d36f8d7f2f 100644
> --- a/drivers/i2c/i2c-core-acpi.c
> +++ b/drivers/i2c/i2c-core-acpi.c
> @@ -84,8 +84,11 @@ static int i2c_acpi_resource_count(struct acpi_resource *ares, void *data)
>   * i2c_acpi_client_count - Count the number of I2cSerialBus resources
>   * @adev:	ACPI device
>   *
> - * Returns the number of I2cSerialBus resources in the ACPI-device's
> + * Return:
> + * The number of I2cSerialBus resources in the ACPI-device's
>   * resource-list; or a negative error code.
> + *
> + * Specifically returns -ENOENT when no resources found.
>   */
>  int i2c_acpi_client_count(struct acpi_device *adev)
>  {
> @@ -97,7 +100,7 @@ int i2c_acpi_client_count(struct acpi_device *adev)
>  		return ret;
>  
>  	acpi_dev_free_resource_list(&r);
> -	return count;
> +	return count ?: -ENOENT;
>  }
>  EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(i2c_acpi_client_count);
>  
> -- 
> 2.50.1