linux-kernel - Re: [v1 PATCH 3/8] EDAC: AMD8111 driver source file

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Message-Id: <20090311120813.456762f1.akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Date:	Wed, 11 Mar 2009 12:08:13 -0700
From:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	Doug Thompson <norsk5@...oo.com>
Cc:	qingtao.cao@...driver.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	bluesmoke-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [v1 PATCH 3/8] EDAC: AMD8111 driver source file

On Wed, 11 Mar 2009 11:55:36 -0700 (PDT)
Doug Thompson <norsk5@...oo.com> wrote:

> 
> --- On Tue, 3/10/09, Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org> wrote:
> 
> > From: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
> > Subject: Re: [v1 PATCH 3/8] EDAC: AMD8111 driver source file
> > To: "Harry Ciao" <qingtao.cao@...driver.com>
> > Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, bluesmoke-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net
> > Date: Tuesday, March 10, 2009, 2:46 PM
> > On Mon,__ 9 Mar 2009 16:08:12
> > +0800
> > Harry Ciao <qingtao.cao@...driver.com>
> > wrote:
> 
> <snip>
> 
> > > +static void edac_pci_write_dword(struct pci_dev *dev,
> > int reg, u32 val32)
> > > +{
> > > +______ int ret;
> > > +
> > > +______ ret = pci_write_config_dword(dev,
> > reg, val32);
> > > +______ if (ret > 0)
> > > +______ ______ printk(KERN_ERR
> > AMD8111_EDAC_MOD_STR
> > > +______ ______
> > ______ " PCI Access Write Error at 0x%x\n",
> > reg);
> > > +}
> > > +
> > > +static void edac_pci_write_byte(struct pci_dev *dev,
> > int reg, u8 val8)
> > > +{
> > > +______ int ret;
> > > +
> > > +______ ret = pci_write_config_byte(dev,
> > reg, val8);
> > > +______ if (ret > 0)
> > > +______ ______ printk(KERN_ERR
> > AMD8111_EDAC_MOD_STR
> > > +______ ______
> > ______ " PCI Access Write Error at 0x%x\n",
> > reg);
> > > +}
> > 
> > 
> > <spends a while trying to work out what the return value
> > of
> > pci_read_config_dword() means>
> > 
> > <gets frustrated and gives up>
> > 
> > Is it correct that all of these functions treat a +ve
> > return value as
> > an error?
> 
> Yes, the config APIs do return an error code on an operation error.

OK, but presumably they're negative error codes, so

	if (ret > 0)
		error()

isn't right.

<checks>

Harry has turned that into

	if (ret != 0)
		error();

which looks better.

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