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

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Date:   Mon,  5 Oct 2020 22:52:12 +0800
From:   Tianjia Zhang <tianjia.zhang@...ux.alibaba.com>
To:     Corey Minyard <minyard@....org>, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        openipmi-developer@...ts.sourceforge.net,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] ipmi_si: Fix wrong return value in try_smi_init()

On an error exit path, a negative error code should be returned
instead of a positive return value.

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;
 	}
 
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