linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/4] mfd: menelaus: fix error return code

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Message-ID: <20140821121355.GG4266@lee--X1>
Date:	Thu, 21 Aug 2014 13:13:55 +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 1/4] mfd: menelaus: fix error return code

On Thu, 21 Aug 2014, Julia Lawall wrote:

> Convert a zero return value on error to a negative one, as returned
> elsewhere in the function.
> 
> Additionally, converted 1 << 7 to BIT(7) at the suggestion of Lee Jones.
> 
> 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>
> 
> ---
> v2: Drop the name "val" and use BIT(7).

Thanks Julia.  Patch applied.

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