linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] ata: sata_mv: Fix the return value of the probe function

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Date:   Thu, 21 Oct 2021 19:38:30 +0900
From:   Damien Le Moal <damien.lemoal@...nsource.wdc.com>
To:     Sergey Shtylyov <s.shtylyov@....ru>, Zheyu Ma <zheyuma97@...il.com>
Cc:     linux-ide@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ata: sata_mv: Fix the return value of the probe function

On 2021/10/21 17:37, Sergey Shtylyov wrote:
> On 21.10.2021 8:57, Zheyu Ma wrote:
> 
>> mv_init_host() propagates the value returned by mv_chip_id() which in turn
>> gets propagated by mv_pci_init_one() and hits local_pci_probe().
>>
>> During the process of driver probing, the probe function should return < 0
>> for failure, otherwise, the kernel will treat value > 0 as success.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Zheyu Ma <zheyuma97@...il.com>
>> ---
>>   drivers/ata/sata_mv.c | 2 +-
>>   1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/ata/sata_mv.c b/drivers/ata/sata_mv.c
>> index 9d86203e1e7a..7461fe078dd1 100644
>> --- a/drivers/ata/sata_mv.c
>> +++ b/drivers/ata/sata_mv.c
>> @@ -3897,7 +3897,7 @@ static int mv_chip_id(struct ata_host *host, unsigned int board_idx)
>>   
>>   	default:
>>   		dev_err(host->dev, "BUG: invalid board index %u\n", board_idx);
>> -		return 1;
>> +		return -ENODEV;
> 
>     Doesn't -EINVAL fit better here?

If the error message is correct and this can only happen if there is a bug
somewhere, I do not think the error code really matters much. The dev_err()
should probably be changed to dev_alert() or even dev_crit() for this case.

> 
> [...]
> 
> MBR, Sergey
> 


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Damien Le Moal
Western Digital Research