linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/2] staging: iio: accel: fix error check

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Date:	Tue, 31 May 2016 22:10:10 +0100
From:	Luis de Bethencourt <luisbg@....samsung.com>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
CC:	gregkh@...uxfoundation.org, knaack.h@....de, lars@...afoo.de,
	jic23@...nel.org, ciorneiioana@...il.com,
	janani.rvchndrn@...il.com, afd@...com, linux-iio@...r.kernel.org,
	devel@...verdev.osuosl.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] staging: iio: accel: fix error check

On 31/05/16 22:08, Luis de Bethencourt wrote:
> sca3000_read_ctrl_reg() returns a negative number on failure, check for
> this instead of zero.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Luis de Bethencourt <luisbg@....samsung.com>
> Reviewed-by: Andrew F. Davis <afd@...com>
> Reviewed-by: Jonathan Cameron <jic23@...nel.org>
> ---
> 
> Patch corrected thanks to comments from Andrew F. Davis and Jonathan Cameron.
> https://lkml.org/lkml/2016/5/31/862
> 
> Thanks,
> Luis
> 
>  drivers/staging/iio/accel/sca3000_core.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/iio/accel/sca3000_core.c b/drivers/staging/iio/accel/sca3000_core.c
> index a8f533a..ec12181 100644
> --- a/drivers/staging/iio/accel/sca3000_core.c
> +++ b/drivers/staging/iio/accel/sca3000_core.c
> @@ -594,7 +594,7 @@ static ssize_t sca3000_read_frequency(struct device *dev,
>  		goto error_ret_mut;
>  	ret = sca3000_read_ctrl_reg(st, SCA3000_REG_CTRL_SEL_OUT_CTRL);
>  	mutex_unlock(&st->lock);
> -	if (ret)
> +	if (ret < 0)
>  		goto error_ret;
>  	val = ret;
>  	if (base_freq > 0)
> 

I sent this with git send-email using --subject-prefix="PATCH v2", no idea why the version wasn't
added.

Apologies,
Luis