linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/4] mfd: twl6040: fix error return code

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Date:	Thu, 21 Aug 2014 09:20:49 +0100
From:	Lee Jones <lee.jones@...aro.org>
To:	Julia Lawall <Julia.Lawall@...6.fr>
Cc:	Samuel Ortiz <sameo@...ux.intel.com>,
	kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/4] mfd: twl6040: fix error return code

On Wed, 06 Aug 2014, Julia Lawall wrote:

> From: Julia Lawall <Julia.Lawall@...6.fr>
> 
> Convert a zero return value on error to a negative one, as returned
> elsewhere in the function.
> 
> A simplified version of the semantic match that finds this problem is as
> follows: (http://coccinelle.lip6.fr/)
> 
> // <smpl>
> (
> if@p1 (\(ret < 0\|ret != 0\))
>  { ... return ret; }
> |
> ret@p1 = 0
> )
> ... when != ret = e1
>     when != &ret
> *if(...)
> {
>   ... when != ret = e2
>       when forall
>  return ret;
> }
> 
> // </smpl>
> 
> Signed-off-by: Julia Lawall <Julia.Lawall@...6.fr>
> 
> ---
>  drivers/mfd/twl6040.c |    1 +
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

Applied, thanks.

> diff --git a/drivers/mfd/twl6040.c b/drivers/mfd/twl6040.c
> index f9c06c5..9687645 100644
> --- a/drivers/mfd/twl6040.c
> +++ b/drivers/mfd/twl6040.c
> @@ -679,6 +679,7 @@ static int twl6040_probe(struct i2c_client *client,
>  	if (twl6040->rev < 0) {
>  		dev_err(&client->dev, "Failed to read revision register: %d\n",
>  			twl6040->rev);
> +		ret = twl6040->rev;
>  		goto gpio_err;
>  	}
>  
> 

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