linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] mtd: Add simple read disturb test

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Date:	Thu, 02 Apr 2015 17:18:26 +0200
From:	Richard Weinberger <richard@....at>
To:	Fabio Estevam <festevam@...il.com>
CC:	Brian Norris <computersforpeace@...il.com>,
	"linux-mtd@...ts.infradead.org" <linux-mtd@...ts.infradead.org>,
	David Woodhouse <dwmw2@...radead.org>,
	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mtd: Add simple read disturb test

Am 02.04.2015 um 17:02 schrieb Fabio Estevam:
> On Thu, Apr 2, 2015 at 11:13 AM, Richard Weinberger <richard@....at> wrote:
> 
>> +               ret = mtdtest_erase_eraseblock(mtd, i);
>> +               if (ret) {
>> +                       err = ret;
>> +                       goto out;
>> +               }
> 
> Why not just do like this instead?
> 
>               err = mtdtest_erase_eraseblock(mtd, i);
>               if (err)
>                  goto out;
> 
>> +
>> +               ret = mtdtest_write(mtd, i * mtd->erasesize, mtd->erasesize,
>> +                                   iobuf_orig);
>> +               if (ret) {
>> +                       err = ret;
>> +                       goto out;
>> +               }
> 
> Same here.

The real question is why did I use ret and err at all? ;)
This test is based on existing tests, thus it got copy&pasted.
I'll think about merging these two variables.
Thank for pointing this out.


>> +               ret = mtdtest_relax();
>> +               if (ret)
>> +                       goto out;
> 
> Here you propagate the wrong error. You test for 'ret' and propagate 'err'.

This is by design. I don't want to print an error message if the test is aborted.
mtdtest_relax() checks for that.

Thanks,
//richard
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