On Wed, Aug 20, 2014 at 02:29:17PM -0500, Dmitry Torokhov wrote: > On August 20, 2014 1:54:11 PM CDT, Doug Anderson <diand...@chromium.org> > wrote: > >On Wed, Aug 20, 2014 at 3:04 AM, Thierry Reding > ><thierry.red...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> On Tue, Aug 19, 2014 at 09:07:54AM -0700, Doug Anderson wrote: > >>> The rk3288 has the ability to invert > >>> + struct rockchip_pwm_chip *pc = to_rockchip_pwm_chip(chip); > >>> + > >>> + if (!pc->data->has_invert) > >>> + return -ENOSYS; > >>> + > > At the kernel summit hpa also mentioned that ENOSYS should only be > used for missing syscalls. Not sure what error code would suit better > here though...
I'd be interested in the rationale why ENOSYS shouldn't be used within the kernel. As long as it doesn't leak to userspace where it could possibly confuse applications I don't see any harm in using it. Thierry
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