Re: [V4l2-library] Messed up syscall return value

Gregor Jasny <[email protected]> Tue, 29 Jul 2008 00:34:03 +0200
Newsgroups gmane.comp.video.video4linux,gmane.linux.drivers.spca50x.devel
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On Tue, Jul 29, 2008 at 12:22:52AM +0200, Jiri Slaby wrote:
> Actually positive ioctl retval used to be often considered as OK in the past
> (and this approach is still used in few char drivers).
> 
> But according to v4l docco, it isn't permitted here. Anyway I wouldn't 
> place it
> in videobuf-core.c, but in vivi code; letting this decision on Mauro (CCed) 
> ;).

What happens to negative retvals like -EINVAL? Get they somewhere truncated to -1 and
errno set?

Just curious,
Gregor

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