linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] jffs2:Fix error paths return value for the function read

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Message-ID: <CAFLxGvy+-rWQzxgHFq86bH47YM3KEU2yUh1QdJhbA4JtHkT7QA@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Wed, 8 Jul 2015 23:20:16 +0200
From:	Richard Weinberger <richard.weinberger@...il.com>
To:	Nicholas Krause <xerofoify@...il.com>
Cc:	David Woodhouse <dwmw2@...radead.org>,
	"linux-mtd@...ts.infradead.org" <linux-mtd@...ts.infradead.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] jffs2:Fix error paths return value for the function read_unknown

On Wed, Jul 8, 2015 at 10:59 PM, Nicholas Krause <xerofoify@...il.com> wrote:
> This fixes the error paths in the function read_unknown that return
> a value to correctly return -EIO rather then the kernel value for
> successful function execution of zero to indicate to this function's
> callers that a failure has occurred related to I/O and needs to be
> handled by this function's caller.

Did you test this patch?
I guess not.

-- 
Thanks,
//richard
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