linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 05/10] iio: imu: adis: check ret val for non-zero vs less-than-zero

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Date:   Sun, 3 Nov 2019 10:31:09 +0000
From:   Jonathan Cameron <jic23@...nel.org>
To:     Alexandru Ardelean <alexandru.ardelean@...log.com>
Cc:     <linux-iio@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        <lars@...afoo.de>, <Michael.Hennerich@...log.com>,
        <dragos.bogdan@...log.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 05/10] iio: imu: adis: check ret val for non-zero vs
 less-than-zero

On Fri, 1 Nov 2019 11:35:00 +0200
Alexandru Ardelean <alexandru.ardelean@...log.com> wrote:

> The ADIS library functions return zero on success, and negative values for
> error. Positive values aren't returned, but we only care about the success
> value (which is zero).
> 
> This change is mostly needed so that the compiler won't make any inferences
> about some about values being potentially un-initialized. This only
> triggers after making some functions inline, because the compiler can
> better follow return paths.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Alexandru Ardelean <alexandru.ardelean@...log.com>
Applied.

thanks,

Jonathan

> ---
>  drivers/iio/imu/adis.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/iio/imu/adis.c b/drivers/iio/imu/adis.c
> index 1631c255deab..dc2f9e061d98 100644
> --- a/drivers/iio/imu/adis.c
> +++ b/drivers/iio/imu/adis.c
> @@ -286,7 +286,7 @@ int adis_check_status(struct adis *adis)
>  	int i;
>  
>  	ret = adis_read_reg_16(adis, adis->data->diag_stat_reg, &status);
> -	if (ret < 0)
> +	if (ret)
>  		return ret;
>  
>  	status &= adis->data->status_error_mask;