linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH V2] mtd: phram: Fix error return code in phram

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Message-ID: <20210408153350.4a6472b4@xps13>
Date:   Thu, 8 Apr 2021 15:33:50 +0200
From:   Miquel Raynal <miquel.raynal@...tlin.com>
To:     Yu Kuai <yukuai3@...wei.com>
Cc:     <joern@...ybastard.org>, <richard@....at>, <vigneshr@...com>,
        <linux-mtd@...ts.infradead.org>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        <yi.zhang@...wei.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH V2] mtd: phram: Fix error return code in phram_setup()

Hi Yu,

Yu Kuai <yukuai3@...wei.com> wrote on Thu, 8 Apr 2021 21:38:12 +0800:

> Return a negative error code from the error handling case instead
> of 0, as done elsewhere in this function.
> 
> Reported-by: Hulk Robot <hulkci@...wei.com>
> Signed-off-by: Yu Kuai <yukuai3@...wei.com>
> ---
>  drivers/mtd/devices/phram.c | 1 +
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/mtd/devices/phram.c b/drivers/mtd/devices/phram.c
> index 5b04ae6c3057..6ed6c51fac69 100644
> --- a/drivers/mtd/devices/phram.c
> +++ b/drivers/mtd/devices/phram.c
> @@ -270,6 +270,7 @@ static int phram_setup(const char *val)
>  	if (len == 0 || erasesize == 0 || erasesize > len
>  	    || erasesize > UINT_MAX || rem) {
>  		parse_err("illegal erasesize or len\n");
> +		ret = -EINVAL;
>  		goto error;
>  	}
>  

Actually I don't know why but I overlooked the change. I thought you
were removing the ret = line, sorry about that. Anyway, I prefer
the new wording so I'll apply the v2.

Thanks,
Miquèl