linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] hwrng: omap - Only fail if pm_runtime_get

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Date:   Thu, 22 Sep 2016 18:46:24 +0800
From:   Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
To:     Dave Gerlach <d-gerlach@...com>
Cc:     Deepak Saxena <dsaxena@...xity.net>,
        Matt Mackall <mpm@...enic.com>, Nishanth Menon <nm@...com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-omap@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] hwrng: omap - Only fail if pm_runtime_get_sync returns <
 0

On Tue, Sep 20, 2016 at 10:25:40AM -0500, Dave Gerlach wrote:
> Currently omap-rng checks the return value of pm_runtime_get_sync and
> reports failure if anything is returned, however it should be checking
> if ret < 0 as pm_runtime_get_sync return 0 on success but also can return
> 1 if the device was already active which is not a failure case. Only
> values < 0 are actual failures.
> 
> Fixes: 61dc0a446e5d ("hwrng: omap - Fix assumption that runtime_get_sync will always succeed")
> Signed-off-by: Dave Gerlach <d-gerlach@...com>

Patch applied.  Thanks.
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