linux-kernel - [PATCH] V4L: fix return value of register video func

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Date:	Sat, 09 Aug 2008 08:54:24 +0200
From:	Henne <henne@...htwindheim.de>
To:	mchehab@...radead.org
CC:	video4linux-list@...hat.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] V4L: fix return value of register video func

From: Henrik Kretzschmar <henne@...htwindheim.de>
Signed-off-by: Henrik Kretzschmar <henne@...htwindheim.de>

If a wrong device type is used with video_register_device_index() it should
better return an error number, instead of a constant.

diff --git a/drivers/media/video/v4l2-dev.c b/drivers/media/video/v4l2-dev.c
index 6f36006..0320fb8 100644
--- a/drivers/media/video/v4l2-dev.c
+++ b/drivers/media/video/v4l2-dev.c
@@ -281,7 +281,7 @@ int video_register_device_index(struct video_device *vfd, int type, int nr,
 	default:
 		printk(KERN_ERR "%s called with unknown type: %d\n",
 		       __func__, type);
-		return -1;
+		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
 	/* pick a minor number */


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