linux-kernel - [PATCH 02/15] tty: n_tty: rename and retype 'retval' in n_tty

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Message-ID: <20230919085156.1578-3-jirislaby@kernel.org>
Date:   Tue, 19 Sep 2023 10:51:43 +0200
From:   "Jiri Slaby (SUSE)" <jirislaby@...nel.org>
To:     gregkh@...uxfoundation.org
Cc:     linux-serial@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        "Jiri Slaby (SUSE)" <jirislaby@...nel.org>
Subject: [PATCH 02/15] tty: n_tty: rename and retype 'retval' in n_tty_ioctl()

The value stored to the current 'retval' is number of characters. It is
both obtained and put to user as unsigned. So make its type unsigned.
And provided it's not a "return value" per se, rename it to 'num'.

Signed-off-by: Jiri Slaby (SUSE) <jirislaby@...nel.org>
---
 drivers/tty/n_tty.c | 8 ++++----
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/tty/n_tty.c b/drivers/tty/n_tty.c
index 71aa898b077a..e917faa0b84c 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/n_tty.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/n_tty.c
@@ -2498,7 +2498,7 @@ static int n_tty_ioctl(struct tty_struct *tty, unsigned int cmd,
 		       unsigned long arg)
 {
 	struct n_tty_data *ldata = tty->disc_data;
-	int retval;
+	unsigned int num;
 
 	switch (cmd) {
 	case TIOCOUTQ:
@@ -2506,11 +2506,11 @@ static int n_tty_ioctl(struct tty_struct *tty, unsigned int cmd,
 	case TIOCINQ:
 		down_write(&tty->termios_rwsem);
 		if (L_ICANON(tty) && !L_EXTPROC(tty))
-			retval = inq_canon(ldata);
+			num = inq_canon(ldata);
 		else
-			retval = read_cnt(ldata);
+			num = read_cnt(ldata);
 		up_write(&tty->termios_rwsem);
-		return put_user(retval, (unsigned int __user *) arg);
+		return put_user(num, (unsigned int __user *) arg);
 	default:
 		return n_tty_ioctl_helper(tty, cmd, arg);
 	}
-- 
2.42.0