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SubjectRe: [PATCH v3 3/3] iio: temperature: mlx90632 Change return value of sensor measurement channel
On Tue, Sep 6, 2022 at 12:05 PM <cmo@melexis.com> wrote:
>
> From: Crt Mori <cmo@melexis.com>
>
> The current EINVAL value is more applicable to embedded library, where

an embedded
...or...
libraries

> user can actually put the fixed value to the sensor. In case of the
> driver if the value of the channel is invalid it is better in inform
> userspace that Channel was out of range as that implies more to internal
> driver error than invalid input. It also makes for easier debugging of
> where the error comes from during the development.

As I said earlier I'm in favour of this change to at least make good
use of this error code since it is confirmed to help debugging.
Reviewed-by: Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@gmail.com>

> Signed-off-by: Crt Mori <cmo@melexis.com>
> ---
> drivers/iio/temperature/mlx90632.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/iio/temperature/mlx90632.c b/drivers/iio/temperature/mlx90632.c
> index 6b33284eb0b6..aee065a38772 100644
> --- a/drivers/iio/temperature/mlx90632.c
> +++ b/drivers/iio/temperature/mlx90632.c
> @@ -436,7 +436,7 @@ static int mlx90632_channel_new_select(int perform_ret, uint8_t *channel_new,
> *channel_old = 1;
> break;
> default:
> - return -EINVAL;
> + return -ECHRNG;
> }
>
> return 0;
> --
> 2.34.1
>


--
With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko

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