linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH RFC] iio: pressure: zpa2326: report interrupted case as failure

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Date:   Wed, 5 Jul 2017 10:02:17 +0200
From:   Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
To:     Nicholas Mc Guire <der.herr@...r.at>
Cc:     Jonathan Cameron <jic23@...nel.org>,
        Hartmut Knaack <knaack.h@....de>,
        Lars-Peter Clausen <lars@...afoo.de>,
        Peter Meerwald-Stadler <pmeerw@...erw.net>,
        simran singhal <singhalsimran0@...il.com>,
        Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
        Gregor Boirie <gregor.boirie@...rot.com>,
        linux-iio@...r.kernel.org,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH RFC] iio: pressure: zpa2326: report interrupted case as failure

Hi Nicholas,

On Wed, Jul 5, 2017 at 9:37 AM, Nicholas Mc Guire <der.herr@...r.at> wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 04, 2017 at 08:08:53PM +0100, Jonathan Cameron wrote:
>> On Tue, 4 Jul 2017 12:40:33 +0200
>> Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org> wrote:
>> > On Sun, May 14, 2017 at 10:43 AM, Nicholas Mc Guire <der.herr@...r.at> wrote:
>> > > If the timeout-case prints a warning message then probably the interrupted
>> > > case should also. Further, wait_for_completion_interruptible_timeout()
>> > > returns long not int.
>> > >
>> > > Fixes: commit 03b262f2bbf4 ("iio:pressure: initial zpa2326 barometer support")
>> > > Signed-off-by: Nicholas Mc Guire <der.herr@...r.at>
>> > > ---
>> > >
>> > > The original control-flow was technically not wrong just confusing and a bit
>> > > complicated. Not clear if reporting the interrupted case actually is useful,
>> > > but given that the timeout is relatively long (200ms) it is not that unlikely
>> > > so differentiating the cases seems helpful.
>> > >
>> > > Patch was compile-tested with: x86_64_defconfig + CONFIG_IIO=m, CONFIG_ZPA2326=m
>> > >
>> > > Patch is against v4.11 (localversion-next is next-20170512)
>> > >
>> > >  drivers/iio/pressure/zpa2326.c | 17 ++++++++++-------
>> > >  1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
>> > >
>> > > diff --git a/drivers/iio/pressure/zpa2326.c b/drivers/iio/pressure/zpa2326.c
>> > > index e58a0ad..617926f 100644
>> > > --- a/drivers/iio/pressure/zpa2326.c
>> > > +++ b/drivers/iio/pressure/zpa2326.c
>> > > @@ -867,12 +867,13 @@ static int zpa2326_wait_oneshot_completion(const struct iio_dev   *indio_dev,
>> > >  {
>> > >         int          ret;
>> > >         unsigned int val;
>> > > +       long     timeout;
>> > >
>> > >         zpa2326_dbg(indio_dev, "waiting for one shot completion interrupt");
>> > >
>> > > -       ret = wait_for_completion_interruptible_timeout(
>> > > +       timeout = wait_for_completion_interruptible_timeout(
>> > >                 &private->data_ready, ZPA2326_CONVERSION_JIFFIES);
>> > > -       if (ret > 0)
>> > > +       if (timeout > 0)
>> >
>> > Check for strict positive timeout.
>> >
>> > >                 /*
>> > >                  * Interrupt handler completed before timeout: return operation
>> > >                  * status.
>> > > @@ -882,13 +883,15 @@ static int zpa2326_wait_oneshot_completion(const struct iio_dev   *indio_dev,
>> > >         /* Clear all interrupts just to be sure. */
>> > >         regmap_read(private->regmap, ZPA2326_INT_SOURCE_REG, &val);
>> > >
>> > > -       if (!ret)
>> > > +       if (!timeout) {
>> >
>> > Check for zero timeout.
>> >
>> > >                 /* Timed out. */
>> > > +               zpa2326_warn(indio_dev, "no one shot interrupt occurred (%ld)",
>> > > +                            timeout);
>> > >                 ret = -ETIME;
>> > > -
>> > > -       if (ret != -ERESTARTSYS)
>> > > -               zpa2326_warn(indio_dev, "no one shot interrupt occurred (%d)",
>> > > -                            ret);
>> > > +       } else if (timeout < 0) {
>> >
>> > So if we get here, timeout is always strict negative, so the check can
>> > be removed.
>> >
>> > > +               zpa2326_warn(indio_dev, "wait for one shot interrupt canceled");
>> > > +               ret = -ERESTARTSYS;
>> > > +       }
>> > >
>> > >         return ret;
>> >
>> > But gcc-4.1.2 is not smart enough:
>> >
>> > drivers/iio/pressure/zpa2326.c:868: warning: ???ret??? may be used
>> > uninitialized in this function
>> Good analysis.  Care to send the obvious patch?
>>
> Thanks Geert for finding that - yes ret needs to be
> initialized to 0 here, success case as documented in
> the header of zpa2326_wait_oneshot_completion -

No, ret does not need to be initialized to 0, as it would prevent the warning
from reappearing in case of future logic errors.

Instead the last "if" should be removed, as it's always true.
Will send a patch, as requested by Jonathan.

> interestingly enough gcc gcc (Debian 4.9.2-10) 4.9.2
> does not flag this uninitioalized variable !

Only very old or very new versions of gcc do that.

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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