Hi Stefan,

On Sun, Apr 8, 2018 at 1:28 PM, Stefan Wahren <stefan.wah...@i2se.com> wrote:
>> Geert Uytterhoeven <ge...@linux-m68k.org> hat am 8. April 2018 um 11:05 
>> geschrieben:
>> If CONFIG_RASPBERRYPI_FIRMWARE=n:
>>
>>     drivers/gpio/gpio-raspberrypi-exp.c: In function 
>> ‘rpi_exp_gpio_get_polarity’:
>>     drivers/gpio/gpio-raspberrypi-exp.c:71: warning: ‘get.polarity’ is used 
>> uninitialized in this function
>>     drivers/gpio/gpio-raspberrypi-exp.c: In function 
>> ‘rpi_exp_gpio_get_direction’:
>>     drivers/gpio/gpio-raspberrypi-exp.c:150: warning: ‘get.direction’ is 
>> used uninitialized in this function
>>
>> The dummy firmware interface functions return 0, which means success,
>> causing subsequent code to make use of the never initialized output
>> parameter.
>
> i think this is more theoritical, because we need to get rpi_firmware first 
> and in this case it's NULL.

Sure, I just want to get rid of the ugly warnings when compile-testing.
Most dummy functions for other subsystems return error codes.

>> Fix this by making the dummy functions return an error code (-ENOSYS)
>> instead.
>
> Anyway i'm okay with the change.

OK, thanks!

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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