linux-kernel - [PATCH 3/3] gpiolib: cdev: Cleanup kfifo

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Message-Id: <20240527115419.92606-4-warthog618@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 27 May 2024 19:54:19 +0800
From: Kent Gibson <warthog618@...il.com>
To: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-gpio@...r.kernel.org,
	brgl@...ev.pl,
	linus.walleij@...aro.org
Cc: Kent Gibson <warthog618@...il.com>
Subject: [PATCH 3/3] gpiolib: cdev: Cleanup kfifo_out() error handling

The handling of kfifo_out() errors in read functions obscures any error.
The error condition should never occur but, while a ret is set to -EIO, it
is subsequently ignored and the read functions instead return the number
of bytes copied to that point, potentially masking the fact that any error
occurred.

Return -EIO in the case of a kfifo_out() error to make it clear something
very odd is going on here.

Signed-off-by: Kent Gibson <warthog618@...il.com>
---
 drivers/gpio/gpiolib-cdev.c | 47 +++++++++++++++++--------------------
 1 file changed, 21 insertions(+), 26 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/gpio/gpiolib-cdev.c b/drivers/gpio/gpiolib-cdev.c
index c7218c9f2c5e..6a986d7f1f2f 100644
--- a/drivers/gpio/gpiolib-cdev.c
+++ b/drivers/gpio/gpiolib-cdev.c
@@ -1642,16 +1642,13 @@ static ssize_t linereq_read(struct file *file, char __user *buf,
 					return ret;
 			}
 
-			ret = kfifo_out(&lr->events, &le, 1);
-		}
-		if (ret != 1) {
-			/*
-			 * This should never happen - we were holding the
-			 * lock from the moment we learned the fifo is no
-			 * longer empty until now.
-			 */
-			ret = -EIO;
-			break;
+			if (kfifo_out(&lr->events, &le, 1) != 1)
+				/*
+				 * This should never happen - we hold the
+				 * lock from the moment we learned the fifo
+				 * is no longer empty until now.
+				 */
+				return -EIO;
 		}
 
 		if (copy_to_user(buf + bytes_read, &le, sizeof(le)))
@@ -1995,16 +1992,13 @@ static ssize_t lineevent_read(struct file *file, char __user *buf,
 					return ret;
 			}
 
-			ret = kfifo_out(&le->events, &ge, 1);
-		}
-		if (ret != 1) {
-			/*
-			 * This should never happen - we were holding the lock
-			 * from the moment we learned the fifo is no longer
-			 * empty until now.
-			 */
-			ret = -EIO;
-			break;
+			if (kfifo_out(&le->events, &ge, 1) != 1)
+				/*
+				 * This should never happen - we hold the
+				 * lock from the moment we learned the fifo
+				 * is no longer empty until now.
+				 */
+				return -EIO;
 		}
 
 		if (copy_to_user(buf + bytes_read, &ge, ge_size))
@@ -2707,12 +2701,13 @@ static ssize_t lineinfo_watch_read(struct file *file, char __user *buf,
 			if (count < event_size)
 				return -EINVAL;
 #endif
-			ret = kfifo_out(&cdev->events, &event, 1);
-		}
-		if (ret != 1) {
-			ret = -EIO;
-			break;
-			/* We should never get here. See lineevent_read(). */
+			if (kfifo_out(&cdev->events, &event, 1) != 1)
+				/*
+				 * This should never happen - we hold the
+				 * lock from the moment we learned the fifo
+				 * is no longer empty until now.
+				 */
+				return -EIO;
 		}
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_GPIO_CDEV_V1
-- 
2.39.2