linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] ipmi: msghandler: ensure error value in rv is being returned on error

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Date:   Tue, 28 Aug 2018 18:01:30 +0300
From:   Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>
To:     Colin King <colin.king@...onical.com>
Cc:     Corey Minyard <minyard@....org>, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        openipmi-developer@...ts.sourceforge.net,
        kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ipmi: msghandler: ensure error value in rv is being
 returned on error

On Tue, Aug 28, 2018 at 03:36:42PM +0100, Colin King wrote:
> From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>
> 
> Currently ipmi_set_my_LUN returns 0 instead of -EINVAL if the channel
> is out of range.  Fix this by returning the error return rv instead of 0.
> 
> Detected by Clang ("variable 'rv' set but not used")
> 
> Fixes: 048f7c3e352e ("ipmi: Properly release srcu locks on error conditions")
> Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>

Somebody just sent that some hours ago.

regards,
dan carpenter