linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH][next] SFH: fix error return check for -ERESTARTSYS

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Date:   Thu, 12 Nov 2020 16:27:11 +0100 (CET)
From:   Jiri Kosina <jikos@...nel.org>
To:     Colin King <colin.king@...onical.com>
cc:     Nehal Shah <nehal-bakulchandra.shah@....com>,
        Sandeep Singh <sandeep.singh@....com>,
        Benjamin Tissoires <benjamin.tissoires@...hat.com>,
        linux-input@...r.kernel.org, kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH][next] SFH: fix error return check for -ERESTARTSYS

On Fri, 30 Oct 2020, Colin King wrote:

> From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>
> 
> Currently the check for the error return code -ERESTARTSYS is dead code
> and never executed because a previous check for ret < 0 is catching this
> and returning -ETIMEDOUT instead.  Fix this by checking for -ERESTARTSYS
> before the more generic negative error code.
> 
> Addresses-Coverity: ("Logically dead code")
> Fixes: 4b2c53d93a4b ("SFH:Transport Driver to add support of AMD Sensor Fusion Hub (SFH)")
> Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>

Applied, thanks.

-- 
Jiri Kosina
SUSE Labs