[PATCH 4/4] staging: ste_rmi4: Suppress 'ignoring return value of ‘regulator_enable()' warning

[Dan Carpenter]

On Mon, May 06, 2013 at 12:21:39PM +0530, Srinidhi Kasagar wrote:
> > > > -	regulator_enable(rmi4_data->regulator);
> > > > +	retval = regulator_enable(rmi4_data->regulator);
> > > > +	if (retval < 0)
> > > > +		return retval;
> > > Does it make sense to add a dev_err?
> > > 
> > 
> > Is that a question?
> > 
> > regulator_enable() already prints some warnings.  Probably it's not
> > going to fail and adding code that is duplicative or will never be
> > run is pointless.
> 
> It has become a habit checking the return value and spit some errors.
> And BTW, there are many drivers which does this way..Anyway if your
> intention is to avoid them for the new drivers..I dont mind skipping
> this..

It's not like I'm trying to ban error messages.  There isn't any
official policy on error messages.

regards,
dan carpenter