linux-kernel - [PATCH 3.16 009/366] eeepc-laptop: simplify parse

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Date:   Sun, 11 Nov 2018 19:49:05 +0000
From:   Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org
CC:     akpm@...ux-foundation.org, "Darren Hart" <dvhart@...ux.intel.com>,
        "Paul Bolle" <pebolle@...cali.nl>
Subject: [PATCH 3.16 009/366] eeepc-laptop: simplify parse_arg()

3.16.61-rc1 review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

------------------

From: Paul Bolle <pebolle@...cali.nl>

commit 95369a73a957ad221f1d6b8f11a63a376f38c544 upstream.

parse_arg() has three possible return values:
    -EINVAL if sscanf(), in short, fails;
    zero if "count" is zero; and
    "count" in all other cases

But "count" will never be zero. See, parse_arg() is called by the
various store functions. And the callchain of these functions starts
with sysfs_kf_write(). And that function checks for a zero "count". So
we can stop checking for a zero "count", drop the "count" argument
entirely, and transform parse_arg() into a function that returns zero on
success or a negative error. That, in turn, allows to make those store
functions just return "count" on success. The net effect is that the
code becomes a bit easier to understand.

A nice side effect is that this GCC warning is silenced too:
    drivers/platform/x86/eeepc-laptop.c: In function ‘store_sys_acpi’:
    drivers/platform/x86/eeepc-laptop.c:279:10: warning: ‘value’ may be used uninitialized in this function [-Wmaybe-uninitialized]
      int rv, value;

Which is, of course, the reason to have a look at parse_arg().

Signed-off-by: Paul Bolle <pebolle@...cali.nl>
Signed-off-by: Darren Hart <dvhart@...ux.intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk>
---
 drivers/platform/x86/eeepc-laptop.c | 36 ++++++++++++++---------------
 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)

--- a/drivers/platform/x86/eeepc-laptop.c
+++ b/drivers/platform/x86/eeepc-laptop.c
@@ -263,13 +263,11 @@ static int acpi_setter_handle(struct eee
 /*
  * Sys helpers
  */
-static int parse_arg(const char *buf, unsigned long count, int *val)
+static int parse_arg(const char *buf, int *val)
 {
-	if (!count)
-		return 0;
 	if (sscanf(buf, "%i", val) != 1)
 		return -EINVAL;
-	return count;
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static ssize_t store_sys_acpi(struct device *dev, int cm,
@@ -278,12 +276,13 @@ static ssize_t store_sys_acpi(struct dev
 	struct eeepc_laptop *eeepc = dev_get_drvdata(dev);
 	int rv, value;
 
-	rv = parse_arg(buf, count, &value);
-	if (rv > 0)
-		value = set_acpi(eeepc, cm, value);
-	if (value < 0)
+	rv = parse_arg(buf, &value);
+	if (rv < 0)
+		return rv;
+	rv = set_acpi(eeepc, cm, value);
+	if (rv < 0)
 		return -EIO;
-	return rv;
+	return count;
 }
 
 static ssize_t show_sys_acpi(struct device *dev, int cm, char *buf)
@@ -377,13 +376,13 @@ static ssize_t store_cpufv(struct device
 		return -EPERM;
 	if (get_cpufv(eeepc, &c))
 		return -ENODEV;
-	rv = parse_arg(buf, count, &value);
+	rv = parse_arg(buf, &value);
 	if (rv < 0)
 		return rv;
-	if (!rv || value < 0 || value >= c.num)
+	if (value < 0 || value >= c.num)
 		return -EINVAL;
 	set_acpi(eeepc, CM_ASL_CPUFV, value);
-	return rv;
+	return count;
 }
 
 static ssize_t show_cpufv_disabled(struct device *dev,
@@ -402,7 +401,7 @@ static ssize_t store_cpufv_disabled(stru
 	struct eeepc_laptop *eeepc = dev_get_drvdata(dev);
 	int rv, value;
 
-	rv = parse_arg(buf, count, &value);
+	rv = parse_arg(buf, &value);
 	if (rv < 0)
 		return rv;
 
@@ -412,7 +411,7 @@ static ssize_t store_cpufv_disabled(stru
 			pr_warn("cpufv enabled (not officially supported "
 				"on this model)\n");
 		eeepc->cpufv_disabled = false;
-		return rv;
+		return count;
 	case 1:
 		return -EPERM;
 	default:
@@ -1042,10 +1041,11 @@ static ssize_t store_sys_hwmon(void (*se
 {
 	int rv, value;
 
-	rv = parse_arg(buf, count, &value);
-	if (rv > 0)
-		set(value);
-	return rv;
+	rv = parse_arg(buf, &value);
+	if (rv < 0)
+		return rv;
+	set(value);
+	return count;
 }
 
 static ssize_t show_sys_hwmon(int (*get)(void), char *buf)