Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754422AbcDVPhW (ORCPT ); Fri, 22 Apr 2016 11:37:22 -0400 Received: from www.linutronix.de ([62.245.132.108]:54428 "EHLO Galois.linutronix.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752245AbcDVPhV (ORCPT ); Fri, 22 Apr 2016 11:37:21 -0400 Date: Fri, 22 Apr 2016 17:35:46 +0200 (CEST) From: Thomas Gleixner To: Matt Redfearn cc: lisa.parratt@imgtec.com, jason@lakedaemon.net, ralf@linux-mips.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, jiang.liu@linux.intel.com, marc.zyngier@arm.com, linux-mips@linux-mips.org, Qais Yousef Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] genirq: Add error code reporting to irq_{reserve,destroy}_ipi In-Reply-To: <1461338809-10590-2-git-send-email-matt.redfearn@imgtec.com> Message-ID: References: <1461338809-10590-1-git-send-email-matt.redfearn@imgtec.com> <1461338809-10590-2-git-send-email-matt.redfearn@imgtec.com> User-Agent: Alpine 2.11 (DEB 23 2013-08-11) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Linutronix-Spam-Score: -1.0 X-Linutronix-Spam-Level: - X-Linutronix-Spam-Status: No , -1.0 points, 5.0 required, ALL_TRUSTED=-1,SHORTCIRCUIT=-0.0001 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 162 Lines: 6 On Fri, 22 Apr 2016, Matt Redfearn wrote: > Make these functions return appropriate error codes when something goes > wrong. And the reason for this change is?