Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH] hwmon: (w83793) add error handling for i2c_new_dummy | From | Guenter Roeck <> | Date | Tue, 12 Jun 2018 06:21:05 -0700 |
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On 06/11/2018 08:32 PM, Zhouyang Jia wrote: > When i2c_new_dummy fails, the lack of error-handling code may > cause unexpected results. >
There are no unexpected results.
> This patch adds error-handling code after calling i2c_new_dummy. >
Making a non-fatal error fatal doesn't serve a useful purpose.
NACK
Guenter
> Signed-off-by: Zhouyang Jia <jiazhouyang09@gmail.com> > --- > drivers/hwmon/w83793.c | 15 ++++++++++++++- > 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) > > diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/w83793.c b/drivers/hwmon/w83793.c > index 0af0f62..4aa3a0e 100644 > --- a/drivers/hwmon/w83793.c > +++ b/drivers/hwmon/w83793.c > @@ -1603,8 +1603,15 @@ w83793_detect_subclients(struct i2c_client *client) > } > > tmp = w83793_read_value(client, W83793_REG_I2C_SUBADDR); > - if (!(tmp & 0x08)) > + if (!(tmp & 0x08)) { > data->lm75[0] = i2c_new_dummy(adapter, 0x48 + (tmp & 0x7)); > + if (data->lm75[0] == NULL) { > + dev_err(&client->dev, > + "Failed to allocate I2C device\n"); > + err = -ENODEV; > + goto ERROR_SC_1; > + } > + } > if (!(tmp & 0x80)) { > if ((data->lm75[0] != NULL) > && ((tmp & 0x7) == ((tmp >> 4) & 0x7))) { > @@ -1616,6 +1623,12 @@ w83793_detect_subclients(struct i2c_client *client) > } > data->lm75[1] = i2c_new_dummy(adapter, > 0x48 + ((tmp >> 4) & 0x7)); > + if (data->lm75[1] == NULL) { > + dev_err(&client->dev, > + "Failed to allocate I2C device\n"); > + err = -ENODEV; > + goto ERROR_SC_1; > + } > } > > return 0; >
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