linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] ipmi_si: Fix wrong return value in try_smi

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Date:   Mon, 5 Oct 2020 13:31:53 -0500
From:   Corey Minyard <minyard@....org>
To:     Tianjia Zhang <tianjia.zhang@...ux.alibaba.com>
Cc:     Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        openipmi-developer@...ts.sourceforge.net,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ipmi_si: Fix wrong return value in try_smi_init()

On Mon, Oct 05, 2020 at 10:52:12PM +0800, Tianjia Zhang wrote:
> On an error exit path, a negative error code should be returned
> instead of a positive return value.

Thanks!  In my tree for the next release.

-corey

> 
> Fixes: 90b2d4f15ff7 ("ipmi_si: Remove hacks for adding a dummy platform devices")
> Cc: Corey Minyard <cminyard@...sta.com>
> Signed-off-by: Tianjia Zhang <tianjia.zhang@...ux.alibaba.com>
> ---
>  drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_si_intf.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_si_intf.c b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_si_intf.c
> index 77b8d551ae7f..dd559661c15b 100644
> --- a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_si_intf.c
> +++ b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_si_intf.c
> @@ -1963,7 +1963,7 @@ static int try_smi_init(struct smi_info *new_smi)
>  	/* Do this early so it's available for logs. */
>  	if (!new_smi->io.dev) {
>  		pr_err("IPMI interface added with no device\n");
> -		rv = EIO;
> +		rv = -EIO;
>  		goto out_err;
>  	}
>  
> -- 
> 2.24.3 (Apple Git-128)
>