Re: [PATCH v7 1/2] spi: Unify error codes by replacing -ENOTSUPP with -EOPNOTSUPP

From: Tudor Ambarus <tudor.ambarus@linaro.org>
To: "AceLan Kao" <acelan.kao@canonical.com>,
	"Pratyush Yadav" <pratyush@kernel.org>,
	"Michael Walle" <michael@walle.cc>,
	"Miquel Raynal" <miquel.raynal@bootlin.com>,
	"Richard Weinberger" <richard@nod.at>,
	"Vignesh Raghavendra" <vigneshr@ti.com>,
	"Mika Westerberg" <mika.westerberg@linux.intel.com>,
	"Dhruva Gole" <d-gole@ti.com>,
	linux-mtd@lists.infradead.org, "Mark Brown" <broonie@kernel.org>,
	"Kamal Dasu" <kamal.dasu@broadcom.com>,
	"Jonathan Neuschäfer" <j.neuschaefer@gmx.net>,
	"Mario Kicherer" <dev@kicherer.org>,
	"Chuanhong Guo" <gch981213@gmail.com>,
	linux-spi@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v7 1/2] spi: Unify error codes by replacing -ENOTSUPP with -EOPNOTSUPP
Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2023 07:38:50 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <6e81a443-4e28-48fd-9bec-224d07f1682d@linaro.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20231129064311.272422-1-acelan.kao@canonical.com>


On 11/29/23 06:43, AceLan Kao wrote:
> From: "Chia-Lin Kao (AceLan)" <acelan.kao@canonical.com>
> 
> This commit updates the SPI subsystem, particularly affecting "SPI MEM"
> drivers and core parts, by replacing the -ENOTSUPP error code with
> -EOPNOTSUPP.
> 
> The key motivations for this change are as follows:
> 1. The spi-nor driver currently uses EOPNOTSUPP, whereas calls to spi-mem
> might return ENOTSUPP. This update aims to unify the error reporting
> within the SPI subsystem for clarity and consistency.
> 
> 2. The use of ENOTSUPP has been flagged by checkpatch as inappropriate,
> mainly being reserved for NFS-related errors. To align with kernel coding
> standards and recommendations, this change is being made.
> 
> 3. By using EOPNOTSUPP, we provide more specific context to the error,
> indicating that a particular operation is not supported. This helps
> differentiate from the more generic ENOTSUPP error, allowing drivers to
> better handle and respond to different error scenarios.
> 
> Risks and Considerations:
> While this change is primarily intended as a code cleanup and error code
> unification, there is a minor risk of breaking user-space applications
> that rely on specific return codes for unsupported operations. However,
> this risk is considered low, as such use-cases are unlikely to be common
> or critical. Nevertheless, developers and users should be aware of this
> change, especially if they have scripts or tools that specifically handle
> SPI error codes.
> 
> This commit does not introduce any functional changes to the SPI subsystem
> or the affected drivers.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Chia-Lin Kao (AceLan) <acelan.kao@canonical.com>
> 

I'm fine with the low risk of breaking the MTD related user-space:
Acked-by: Tudor Ambarus <tudor.ambarus@linaro.org>