Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753967Ab3CRSNr (ORCPT ); Mon, 18 Mar 2013 14:13:47 -0400 Received: from perches-mx.perches.com ([206.117.179.246]:59172 "EHLO labridge.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752479Ab3CRSNp (ORCPT ); Mon, 18 Mar 2013 14:13:45 -0400 Message-ID: <1363630416.2074.25.camel@joe-AO722> Subject: Re: [PATCH] bluetooth: use PTR_RET instead of IS_ERR + PTR_ERR From: Joe Perches To: Silviu Popescu Cc: David Miller , linux-bluetooth@vger.kernel.org, marcel@holtmann.org, gustavo@padovan.org, johan.hedberg@gmail.com, netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Date: Mon, 18 Mar 2013 11:13:36 -0700 In-Reply-To: References: <1363111995-26866-1-git-send-email-silviupopescu1990@gmail.com> <20130313.053145.2200448840921851390.davem@davemloft.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" X-Mailer: Evolution 3.6.2-0ubuntu0.1 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1894 Lines: 49 On Mon, 2013-03-18 at 20:05 +0200, Silviu Popescu wrote: > On Wed, Mar 13, 2013 at 11:31 AM, David Miller wrote: > > From: Silviu-Mihai Popescu > > Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2013 20:13:15 +0200 > > > >> @@ -590,10 +590,7 @@ int __init bt_sysfs_init(void) > >> bt_debugfs = debugfs_create_dir("bluetooth", NULL); > >> > >> bt_class = class_create(THIS_MODULE, "bluetooth"); > >> - if (IS_ERR(bt_class)) > >> - return PTR_ERR(bt_class); > >> - > >> - return 0; > >> + return PTR_RET(bt_class) > > > > Don't bother submitting patches you aren't even going to try > > to compile. > > > > I'm rejecting all of your current submissions. Resubmit them > > when you feel like typing 'make' from time to time. > > > > > > Sorry for the trouble caused and sorry for the late reply. > That being said, I'd like to understand a bit better what exactly I messed up. > I've just pulled the latest revision of the mainline kernel and made > the changes in this patch. > I've tried with make defconfig (which would be x86_64_defconfig in my > case), followed by > make menuconfig to select the bluetooth options and make allyesconfig. > Both defconfig and allyesconfig compile successfully on my system. > Would you be so kind as to tell me what error you have encountered? > Or perhaps enlighten me as to what I'm still doing wrong. I'd like to > learn from my mistakes. You do have to ensure that the file you modify is actually compiled. Sometimes it's easier to type make path/file.o In any case, this is missing the statement terminating semicolon after PTR_RET(bt_class). -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/