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Re: [PATCH v7 05/24] mfd: max77686: Return correct error when pdata isn't found

From: Lee Jones <hidden>
Date: 2014-07-18 08:18:26
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On Fri, 04 Jul 2014, Javier Martinez Canillas wrote:
When platform data is not found an -EIO (I/O error) code is returned.
This doesn't seem to be the correct error so better return -EINVAL
(Invalid argument) which is what most drivers do in this case.

Signed-off-by: Javier Martinez Canillas <redacted>
---
 drivers/mfd/max77686.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
Applied now, thanks.
quoted hunk ↗ jump to hunk
diff --git a/drivers/mfd/max77686.c b/drivers/mfd/max77686.c
index 12d4c17..ada4976 100644
--- a/drivers/mfd/max77686.c
+++ b/drivers/mfd/max77686.c
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ static int max77686_i2c_probe(struct i2c_client *i2c,
 
 	if (!pdata) {
 		dev_err(&i2c->dev, "No platform data found.\n");
-		return -EIO;
+		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
 	max77686 = devm_kzalloc(&i2c->dev,
-- 
Lee Jones
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