linux-kernel - [PATCH 5.9 376/757] ipmi_si: Fix wrong return value in try_smi

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Date:   Tue, 27 Oct 2020 14:50:26 +0100
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        stable@...r.kernel.org, Corey Minyard <cminyard@...sta.com>,
        Tianjia Zhang <tianjia.zhang@...ux.alibaba.com>,
        Sasha Levin <sashal@...nel.org>
Subject: [PATCH 5.9 376/757] ipmi_si: Fix wrong return value in try_smi_init()

From: Tianjia Zhang <tianjia.zhang@...ux.alibaba.com>

[ Upstream commit 8fe7990ceda8597e407d06bffc4bdbe835a93ece ]

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>
Message-Id: <20201005145212.84435-1-tianjia.zhang@...ux.alibaba.com>
Signed-off-by: Corey Minyard <cminyard@...sta.com>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@...nel.org>
---
 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 77b8d551ae7fe..dd559661c15b3 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;
 	}
 
-- 
2.25.1