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

[Andy Shevchenko]

On Tue, Nov 25, 2025 at 10:50:46AM +0100, Mika Westerberg wrote:
> 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?

There is no 0.

> 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.
> ;-)

The same approach used elsewhere, e.g., gpiod_count(),
   of_reset_control_get_count() / reset_control_get_count().
And other count methods used for IRQ resource, for example.
However PCI MSI/MSI-X counters never return 0.

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With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko