linux-kernel - [RESEND PATCH v2 1/2] staging: iio: accel: fix error check

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Message-Id: <1466624611-4494-1-git-send-email-luisbg@osg.samsung.com>
Date:	Wed, 22 Jun 2016 20:43:30 +0100
From:	Luis de Bethencourt <luisbg@....samsung.com>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	gregkh@...uxfoundation.org, jic23@...nel.org, knaack.h@....de,
	lars@...afoo.de, pmeerw@...erw.net, ciorneiioana@...il.com,
	afd@...com, janani.rvchndrn@...il.com, linux-iio@...r.kernel.org,
	devel@...verdev.osuosl.org,
	Luis de Bethencourt <luisbg@....samsung.com>
Subject: [RESEND PATCH v2 1/2] staging: iio: accel: fix error check

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>
---
 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)
-- 
2.5.1