Re: [PATCH RESEND] i2c: change return type to bool for i2c_check_functionality
From: Thorsten Blum
Date: Sat Jun 06 2026 - 18:12:41 EST
On Sat, Jun 06, 2026 at 11:58:03PM +0200, Christophe JAILLET wrote:
> Le 06/06/2026 à 23:29, Thorsten Blum a écrit :
> > Hi Wolfram,
> >
> > On Mon, May 04, 2026 at 11:15:19AM +0200, Wolfram Sang wrote:
> > > On Tue, Apr 21, 2026 at 06:16:09PM +0200, Thorsten Blum wrote:
> > > > i2c_check_functionality() returns a bool - change the return type from
> > > > int to bool and update the comment accordingly.
> > > >
> > > > Signed-off-by: Thorsten Blum <thorsten.blum@xxxxxxxxx>
> > >
> > > Basically OK but you need to fix the in-tree user first using the 'int'
> > > behaviour [1]. I'd think you can send it with this patch as one series
> > > and have it go in via the I2C tree, but Lee has to agree then.
> > >
> > > [1] $ git grep 'i2c_check_functionality.*='
>
> I think it should be git grep '=.*i2c_check_functionality'.
>
> >
> > In linux-next [1] shows no more results and I believe all have been
> > converted.
>
> Looks like:
> drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/sii902x.c: ret =
> i2c_check_functionality(client->adapter,
> drivers/media/i2c/isl7998x.c: ret = i2c_check_functionality(adapter,
> I2C_FUNC_SMBUS_WORD_DATA);
>
> need care.
Those have also been taken care of with some Reviewed-by: tags, but they
aren't in linux-next yet:
https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20260517172136.3321-2-thorsten.blum@xxxxxxxxx/
https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20260517172034.3033-2-thorsten.blum@xxxxxxxxx/
And the conversions are not strictly necessary since 0 == false.
Thanks,
Thorsten