linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] platform/x86: dell-smbios-base: Fix error return code in dell_smbios

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Date:   Wed, 25 Nov 2020 18:05:07 +0100
From:   Hans de Goede <hdegoede@...hat.com>
To:     Qinglang Miao <miaoqinglang@...wei.com>,
        Mark Gross <mgross@...ux.intel.com>,
        "Limonciello, Mario" <Mario.Limonciello@...l.com>
Cc:     platform-driver-x86@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] platform/x86: dell-smbios-base: Fix error return code in
 dell_smbios_init

Hi,

+Cc Mario

On 11/25/20 7:50 AM, Qinglang Miao wrote:
> Fix to return the error code -ENODEV when fails to init wmi and
> smm.
> 
> Fixes: 41e36f2f85af ("platform/x86: dell-smbios: Link all dell-smbios-* modules together")
> Reported-by: Hulk Robot <hulkci@...wei.com>
> Signed-off-by: Qinglang Miao <miaoqinglang@...wei.com>

Mario, this seems like a trivial fix to me, but I'm not 100% sure, any comments on this?

Regards,

Hans


> ---
>  drivers/platform/x86/dell-smbios-base.c | 1 +
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/dell-smbios-base.c b/drivers/platform/x86/dell-smbios-base.c
> index 2e2cd5659..3a1dbf199 100644
> --- a/drivers/platform/x86/dell-smbios-base.c
> +++ b/drivers/platform/x86/dell-smbios-base.c
> @@ -594,6 +594,7 @@ static int __init dell_smbios_init(void)
>  	if (wmi && smm) {
>  		pr_err("No SMBIOS backends available (wmi: %d, smm: %d)\n",
>  			wmi, smm);
> +		ret = -ENODEV;
>  		goto fail_create_group;
>  	}
>  
>