linux-kernel - Re: [ 11/21] hwmon: (sht15) Check return value of regulator

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Date:	Sat, 16 Mar 2013 06:33:52 -0700
From:	Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>
To:	Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk>
Cc:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org,
	Mark Brown <broonie@...nsource.wolfsonmicro.com>
Subject: Re: [ 11/21] hwmon: (sht15) Check return value of regulator_enable()

On Sat, Mar 16, 2013 at 04:15:24AM +0000, Ben Hutchings wrote:
> On Tue, 2013-03-12 at 15:44 -0700, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> > 3.0-stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.
> > 
> > ------------------
> > 
> > From: Mark Brown <broonie@...nsource.wolfsonmicro.com>
> > 
> > commit 3e78080f81481aa8340374d5a37ae033c1cf4272 upstream.
> > 
> > Not having power is a pretty serious error so check that we are able to
> > enable the supply and error out if we can't.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Mark Brown <broonie@...nsource.wolfsonmicro.com>
> > Signed-off-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>
> 
> > ---
> >  drivers/hwmon/sht15.c |    8 +++++++-
> >  1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> > 
> > --- a/drivers/hwmon/sht15.c
> > +++ b/drivers/hwmon/sht15.c
> > @@ -926,7 +926,13 @@ static int __devinit sht15_probe(struct
> >  		if (voltage)
> >  			data->supply_uV = voltage;
> >  
> > -		regulator_enable(data->reg);
> > +		ret = regulator_enable(data->reg);
> > +		if (ret != 0) {
> > +			dev_err(&pdev->dev,
> > +				"failed to enable regulator: %d\n", ret);
> > +			return ret;
> > +		}
> > +
> >  		/*
> >  		 * Setup a notifier block to update this if another device
> >  		 * causes the voltage to change
> 
> Since this has now been released, I think you need this follow-up fix in
> 3.0.y and 3.4.y:
> 
Excellent catch. I submitted your patch to -stable.

Thanks,
Guenter
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