linux-kernel - [PATCH] rtc: rv8803: Check return value of rv8803_write

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Message-Id: <20181227202856.27408-1-pakki001@umn.edu>
Date:   Thu, 27 Dec 2018 14:28:55 -0600
From:   Aditya Pakki <pakki001@....edu>
To:     pakki001@....edu
Cc:     kjlu@....edu, Alessandro Zummo <a.zummo@...ertech.it>,
        Alexandre Belloni <alexandre.belloni@...tlin.com>,
        linux-rtc@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] rtc: rv8803: Check return value of rv8803_write_reg

In rv8803_handle_irq, rv8803_write_reg can return a failed return
value when attempting to write to the bus. The fix checks the output
and throws a dev_warn notifying of the failure.

Signed-off-by: Aditya Pakki <pakki001@....edu>
---
 drivers/rtc/rtc-rv8803.c | 9 +++++++--
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/rtc/rtc-rv8803.c b/drivers/rtc/rtc-rv8803.c
index 450a0b831a2d..5a19d5ecbf57 100644
--- a/drivers/rtc/rtc-rv8803.c
+++ b/drivers/rtc/rtc-rv8803.c
@@ -180,8 +180,13 @@ static irqreturn_t rv8803_handle_irq(int irq, void *dev_id)
 
 	if (events) {
 		rtc_update_irq(rv8803->rtc, 1, events);
-		rv8803_write_reg(client, RV8803_FLAG, flags);
-		rv8803_write_reg(rv8803->client, RV8803_CTRL, rv8803->ctrl);
+		if (rv8803_write_reg(client, RV8803_FLAG, flags))
+			dev_warn(&client->dev, "Failed to write RV8803 reg.\n");
+
+		if (rv8803_write_reg(rv8803->client, RV8803_CTRL,
+					rv8803->ctrl))
+			dev_warn(&rv8803->client->dev,
+				"Failed to write RV8803_CTRL reg.\n");
 	}
 
 	mutex_unlock(&rv8803->flags_lock);
-- 
2.17.1