linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] regulator: palmas: fix a missing check of return value

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Date:   Wed, 19 Dec 2018 17:51:53 +0000
From:   Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>
To:     Kangjie Lu <kjlu@....edu>
Cc:     pakki001@....edu, Tony Lindgren <tony@...mide.com>,
        Liam Girdwood <lgirdwood@...il.com>,
        linux-omap@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] regulator: palmas: fix a missing check of return value

On Wed, Dec 19, 2018 at 11:11:39AM -0600, Kangjie Lu wrote:
> If palmas_smps_read() fails, we should not use the read data in "reg"
> which may contain random value. The fix inserts a check for the return
> value of palmas_smps_read(): If it fails, we return the error code
> upstream and stop using "reg".

Ah, thanks - I'd actually already applied the earlier version!

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