linux-kernel - [PATCH v8 10/22] counter: Standardize to ERANGE for limit exceeded errors

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Message-Id: <7fa80c10fcd10d1d47d1bddced2b2cca3ff59ba9.1613131238.git.vilhelm.gray@gmail.com>
Date:   Fri, 12 Feb 2021 21:13:34 +0900
From:   William Breathitt Gray <vilhelm.gray@...il.com>
To:     jic23@...nel.org
Cc:     kernel@...gutronix.de, linux-stm32@...md-mailman.stormreply.com,
        a.fatoum@...gutronix.de, kamel.bouhara@...tlin.com,
        gwendal@...omium.org, alexandre.belloni@...tlin.com,
        david@...hnology.com, linux-iio@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
        syednwaris@...il.com, patrick.havelange@...ensium.com,
        fabrice.gasnier@...com, mcoquelin.stm32@...il.com,
        alexandre.torgue@...com, o.rempel@...gutronix.de,
        William Breathitt Gray <vilhelm.gray@...il.com>
Subject: [PATCH v8 10/22] counter: Standardize to ERANGE for limit exceeded errors

ERANGE is a semantically better error code to return when an argument
value falls outside the supported limit range of a device.

Cc: Syed Nayyar Waris <syednwaris@...il.com>
Cc: Fabrice Gasnier <fabrice.gasnier@...com>
Cc: Maxime Coquelin <mcoquelin.stm32@...il.com>
Cc: Alexandre Torgue <alexandre.torgue@...com>
Signed-off-by: William Breathitt Gray <vilhelm.gray@...il.com>
---
 drivers/counter/104-quad-8.c        | 6 +++---
 drivers/counter/stm32-lptimer-cnt.c | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/counter/104-quad-8.c b/drivers/counter/104-quad-8.c
index 674263b4d2c4..a2cabb028db0 100644
--- a/drivers/counter/104-quad-8.c
+++ b/drivers/counter/104-quad-8.c
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ static int quad8_count_write(struct counter_device *counter,
 
 	/* Only 24-bit values are supported */
 	if (val > 0xFFFFFF)
-		return -EINVAL;
+		return -ERANGE;
 
 	mutex_lock(&priv->lock);
 
@@ -671,7 +671,7 @@ static ssize_t quad8_count_preset_write(struct counter_device *counter,
 
 	/* Only 24-bit values are supported */
 	if (preset > 0xFFFFFF)
-		return -EINVAL;
+		return -ERANGE;
 
 	mutex_lock(&priv->lock);
 
@@ -716,7 +716,7 @@ static ssize_t quad8_count_ceiling_write(struct counter_device *counter,
 
 	/* Only 24-bit values are supported */
 	if (ceiling > 0xFFFFFF)
-		return -EINVAL;
+		return -ERANGE;
 
 	mutex_lock(&priv->lock);
 
diff --git a/drivers/counter/stm32-lptimer-cnt.c b/drivers/counter/stm32-lptimer-cnt.c
index daf988e7b208..d5f9d580d06d 100644
--- a/drivers/counter/stm32-lptimer-cnt.c
+++ b/drivers/counter/stm32-lptimer-cnt.c
@@ -283,7 +283,7 @@ static ssize_t stm32_lptim_cnt_ceiling_write(struct counter_device *counter,
 		return ret;
 
 	if (ceiling > STM32_LPTIM_MAX_ARR)
-		return -EINVAL;
+		return -ERANGE;
 
 	priv->ceiling = ceiling;
 
-- 
2.30.0