linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] staging: vt6656: Check the return value of vnt_control_out

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Message-ID: <20200423150854.GA3667@ubuntu>
Date:   Thu, 23 Apr 2020 17:08:54 +0200
From:   Oscar Carter <oscar.carter@....com>
To:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc:     Oscar Carter <oscar.carter@....com>,
        Forest Bond <forest@...ttletooquiet.net>,
        Quentin Deslandes <quentin.deslandes@...ev.co.uk>,
        Malcolm Priestley <tvboxspy@...il.com>,
        Amir Mahdi Ghorbanian <indigoomega021@...il.com>,
        Stefano Brivio <sbrivio@...hat.com>,
        "John B. Wyatt IV" <jbwyatt4@...il.com>,
        Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>,
        Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>,
        devel@...verdev.osuosl.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] staging: vt6656: Check the return value of
 vnt_control_out_* calls

On Thu, Apr 23, 2020 at 01:40:32PM +0200, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> On Sun, Apr 19, 2020 at 12:48:20PM +0200, Oscar Carter wrote:
> > Check the return value of vnt_control_out_* function calls. When
> > necessary modify the function prototype to be able to return the new
> > checked error code.
> >
> > It's safe to modify all the function prototypes without fix the call
> > because the only change is the return value from void to int. If before
> > the call didn't check the return value, now neither.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Oscar Carter <oscar.carter@....com>
>
> This patch, and the 2/2 patch did not apply to my tree.  Can you please
> rebase and resend?
>
Yes. I will rebase and I will resend a new patch series.

> thanks,
>
> greg k-h

thanks,

oscar carter