Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 25 Sep 2012 16:14:07 +0530 | Subject | Re: [PATCH] extcon: Fix return value in extcon_register_interest() | From | Sachin Kamat <> |
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On 25 September 2012 16:02, Chanwoo Choi <cw00.choi@samsung.com> wrote: > On 09/25/2012 03:58 PM, Sachin Kamat wrote: > >> Return the value obtained from extcon_find_cable_index() >> instead of -ENODEV. >> >> Fixes the following smatch info: >> drivers/extcon/extcon-class.c:478 extcon_register_interest() info: >> why not propagate 'obj->cable_index' from extcon_find_cable_index() >> instead of -19? >> >> Signed-off-by: Sachin Kamat <sachin.kamat@linaro.org> >> --- >> drivers/extcon/extcon-class.c | 2 +- >> 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) >> >> diff --git a/drivers/extcon/extcon-class.c b/drivers/extcon/extcon-class.c >> index 946a318..e996800 100644 >> --- a/drivers/extcon/extcon-class.c >> +++ b/drivers/extcon/extcon-class.c >> @@ -475,7 +475,7 @@ int extcon_register_interest(struct extcon_specific_cable_nb *obj, >> >> obj->cable_index = extcon_find_cable_index(obj->edev, cable_name); >> if (obj->cable_index < 0) >> - return -ENODEV; >> + return obj->cable_index; >> >> obj->user_nb = nb; >> > > > I agree. > But, if extcon_register_interest() return directly 'obj-cable_index' value > when extcon_find_cable_index() return -EINVAL, it would spoil readability > of extcon_register_interest() function. So, I think we can make it as > following > patch a little better.
Ok. I will re-send this with this change.
> > --- > diff --git a/drivers/extcon/extcon-class.c b/drivers/extcon/extcon-class.c > index 936580b..078e6a5 100644 > --- a/drivers/extcon/extcon-class.c > +++ b/drivers/extcon/extcon-class.c > @@ -468,7 +468,7 @@ int extcon_register_interest(struct > extcon_specific_cable_nb *obj, > > obj->cable_index = extcon_find_cable_index(obj->edev, cable_name); > if (obj->cable_index < 0) > - return -ENODEV; > + return -EINVAL; > > obj->user_nb = nb; > > > > Thanks, > Chanwoo Choi
-- With warm regards, Sachin
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