Re: [PATCH 2/3] platform/x86: intel: punit_ipc: Propagate errors from optional IRQ lookup

On Mon, Aug 10, 2026 at 8:26 AM <[email protected]> wrote:

> platform_get_irq_optional() returns a positive IRQ number on success or
> a negative error code on failure. For an optional IRQ, -ENXIO indicates
> that no optional IRQ is available and the driver can fall back to polling
> mode. Other errors should be propagated so that the caller can handle
> them appropriately.
>
> Treat -ENXIO as the only case where the driver falls back to polling
> mode, and propagate all other errors returned by
> platform_get_irq_optional().

...

>         irq = platform_get_irq_optional(pdev, 0);
>         if (irq < 0) {
> +               if (irq != -ENXIO)
> +                       return irq;
>                 dev_warn(&pdev->dev, "Invalid IRQ, using polling mode\n");

I can admit that the warning message is not comprehensive, but after
this patch it obviously makes a regression. A previously working
driver for even some Linux failures (besides deferred probe) now
becomes unusable. Have you studied the possible error codes returned
by platform_get_irq_optional()? What are they? Perhaps you need to
improve the documentation of that API?

-- 
With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko