linux-kernel - [patch] leds: leds-lp5521: return an error code on error in probe()

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Message-ID: <20121202172930.GA21835@elgon.mountain>
Date:	Sun, 2 Dec 2012 20:29:30 +0300
From:	Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>
To:	Bryan Wu <cooloney@...il.com>
Cc:	Richard Purdie <rpurdie@...ys.net>, linux-leds@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [patch] leds: leds-lp5521: return an error code on error in probe()

If "buf" wasn't equal to LP5521_REG_R_CURR_DEFAULT the probe fails but
we still return zero.  I've changed it to print an error message and
return -EINVAL.

Reported-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk>
Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>

diff --git a/drivers/leds/leds-lp5521.c b/drivers/leds/leds-lp5521.c
index 2bee6b9..cb8a522 100644
--- a/drivers/leds/leds-lp5521.c
+++ b/drivers/leds/leds-lp5521.c
@@ -788,10 +788,17 @@ static int lp5521_probe(struct i2c_client *client,
 	 * LP5521_REG_ENABLE register will not have any effect - strange!
 	 */
 	ret = lp5521_read(client, LP5521_REG_R_CURRENT, &buf);
-	if (ret || buf != LP5521_REG_R_CURR_DEFAULT) {
+	if (ret) {
 		dev_err(&client->dev, "error in resetting chip\n");
 		goto fail2;
 	}
+	if (buf != LP5521_REG_R_CURR_DEFAULT) {
+		dev_err(&client->dev,
+			"unexpected data in register (expected 0x%x got 0x%x)\n",
+			LP5521_REG_R_CURR_DEFAULT, buf);
+		ret = -EINVAL;
+		goto fail2;
+	}
 	usleep_range(10000, 20000);
 
 	ret = lp5521_detect(client);
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