linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Staging: speakup: kobjects: Return the error type to caller

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Date:	Mon, 7 Dec 2015 12:46:37 +0530
From:	Saurabh Sengar <saurabh.truth@...il.com>
To:	Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>
Cc:	William Hubbs <w.d.hubbs@...il.com>,
	Christopher Brannon <chris@...-brannons.com>, kirk@...sers.ca,
	Samuel Thibault <samuel.thibault@...-lyon.org>,
	Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	speakup@...ux-speakup.org, devel@...verdev.osuosl.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Staging: speakup: kobjects: Return the error type to caller

On 7 December 2015 at 12:18, Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Dec 04, 2015 at 08:12:33PM +0530, Saurabh Sengar wrote:
>> Inorder to notify the user that value is not successfuly set in sys
>> entry, error should be returned from store function instead of count
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Saurabh Sengar <saurabh.truth@...il.com>
>> ---
>>  drivers/staging/speakup/kobjects.c | 5 ++++-
>>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/staging/speakup/kobjects.c b/drivers/staging/speakup/kobjects.c
>> index fdfeb42..b3a83fb 100644
>> --- a/drivers/staging/speakup/kobjects.c
>> +++ b/drivers/staging/speakup/kobjects.c
>> @@ -640,7 +640,8 @@ ssize_t spk_var_store(struct kobject *kobj, struct kobj_attribute *attr,
>>                       len = E_INC;
>>               else
>>                       len = E_SET;
>> -             if (kstrtol(cp, 10, &value) == 0)
>> +             ret = kstrtol(cp, 10, &value);
>> +             if (!ret)
>>                       ret = spk_set_num_var(value, param, len);
>
> Both kstrtol() and spk_set_num_var() return -ERANGE.  The next lines
> expect that if we got -ERANGE, then it came from spk_set_num_var() so
> they print a wrong message.

 Yes I understand this.
And in case we got -ERANGE from spk_set_num_var, it is printing the
error message.
I have tested this too by passing the out of range values to few parameters.

>
>>               else
>>                       pr_warn("overflow or parsing error has occurred");
>> @@ -688,6 +689,8 @@ ssize_t spk_var_store(struct kobject *kobj, struct kobj_attribute *attr,
>>
>>       if (ret == -ERESTART)
>>               pr_info("%s reset to default value\n", param->name);
>
> Is this really true?
Sorry, I am not sure here what you mean here.
I have not implemented it.
>
> This function is so weird and broken.  Please look at it some more and
> fix it harder with a mallet.
You mean I broke it ?
I don't think so, I have tested the functionality before submitting the patch.
If you mean that this function already not in good shape, I understand
and agree with you.
>
> regards,
> dan carpenter
>
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