linux-kernel - [PATCH] media: dvb: Add check on sp8870

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Date:   Thu, 27 Dec 2018 12:58:01 -0600
From:   Aditya Pakki <pakki001@....edu>
To:     pakki001@....edu
Cc:     kjlu@....edu, Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@...nel.org>,
        Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>, linux-media@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] media: dvb: Add check on sp8870_readreg

In sp8870_set_frontend_parameters, the function sp8870_readreg
may return an error when i2c_transfer fails. The fix checks for
this error and returns upstream consistent with other invocations.

Signed-off-by: Aditya Pakki <pakki001@....edu>
---
 drivers/media/dvb-frontends/sp8870.c | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/media/dvb-frontends/sp8870.c b/drivers/media/dvb-frontends/sp8870.c
index 8d31cf3f4f07..270a3c559e08 100644
--- a/drivers/media/dvb-frontends/sp8870.c
+++ b/drivers/media/dvb-frontends/sp8870.c
@@ -293,7 +293,9 @@ static int sp8870_set_frontend_parameters(struct dvb_frontend *fe)
 	sp8870_writereg(state, 0xc05, reg0xc05);
 
 	// read status reg in order to clear pending irqs
-	sp8870_readreg(state, 0x200);
+	err = sp8870_readreg(state, 0x200);
+	if (err)
+		return err;
 
 	// system controller start
 	sp8870_microcontroller_start(state);
-- 
2.17.1