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SubjectRe: [PATCH 2/3] firewire-sbp2: Ignore SBP-2 targets on the local node
On 11/02/2012 15:46, Clemens Ladisch wrote:
> Chris Boot wrote:
>> On 11/02/2012 12:16, Clemens Ladisch wrote:
>>> Stefan Richter wrote:
>>>> On Feb 10 Chris Boot wrote:
>>>>> + /* ignore targets on the local node */
>>>>> + if (device->node == device->card->local_node) {
>>>>> + dev_set_drvdata(&unit->device, NULL);
>>>>> + return 0;
>>>>> + }
>>>>
>>>> But I do wonder: Shouldn't this be implemented by returning from the
>>>> driver probe method with an error? If so, which errno should be returned?
>>>
>>> -ENODEV or -ENXIO.
>>
>> Perhaps,
>
> It's what really_probe() in drivers/base/dd.c requires:
>
> if (ret != -ENODEV&& ret != -ENXIO) {
> /* driver matched but the probe failed */
> printk(KERN_WARNING
> "%s: probe of %s failed with error %d\n",
> drv->name, dev_name(dev), ret);
> } else {
> pr_debug("%s: probe of %s rejects match %d\n",
> drv->name, dev_name(dev), ret);
> }
>
>> but the meaning of those isn't quite what is happening here. We aren't
>> saying the device doesn't exist or is inaccessible, just that we don't
>> want to talk to it...
>
> ENODEV does not mean "no device" but "no _such_ device".

Sounds fair. I'll update my patch.

Cheers,
Chris

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Chris Boot
bootc@bootc.net


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