linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/5] gpio: pca954x: fix undefined error code from remove

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Message-ID: <CACRpkdafOgFE+3-8wuqO1trYdHyy0S3nxNzLJuGTmFS_aYY3eQ@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Wed, 7 Sep 2016 16:15:20 +0200
From:   Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>
To:     Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
Cc:     "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Phil Reid <preid@...ctromag.com.au>,
        Alexandre Courbot <gnurou@...il.com>,
        "linux-gpio@...r.kernel.org" <linux-gpio@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/5] gpio: pca954x: fix undefined error code from remove

On Fri, Aug 26, 2016 at 5:25 PM, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de> wrote:

> The recent addition of the regulator support has led to the pca953x_remove
> function returning uninitialized data when no platform data pointer is
> provided, as gcc warns when using -Wmaybe-uninitialized:
>
> drivers/gpio/gpio-pca953x.c: In function 'pca953x_remove':
> drivers/gpio/gpio-pca953x.c:860:9: error: 'ret' may be used uninitialized in this function [-Werror=maybe-uninitialized]
>
> This restores the previous behavior, returning 0 on success.
>
> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
> Fixes: e23efa311110 ("gpio: pca954x: Add vcc regulator and enable it")
> Cc: Phil Reid <preid@...ctromag.com.au>
> ---
> Cc: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>
> Cc: Alexandre Courbot <gnurou@...il.com>
> Cc: linux-gpio@...r.kernel.org

Patch applied with Phil's ACK.

Yours,
Linus Walleij