netdev - Re: [PATCH] carl9170: match wait_for_completion

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Date:	Wed, 13 May 2015 16:40:41 +0200
From:	Christian Lamparter <chunkeey@...glemail.com>
To:	Nicholas Mc Guire <hofrat@...dl.org>
Cc:	Kalle Valo <kvalo@...eaurora.org>,
	linux-wireless <linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org>,
	"netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] carl9170: match wait_for_completion_timeout return type

On Tue, May 12, 2015 at 8:18 PM, Nicholas Mc Guire <hofrat@...dl.org> wrote:
> Return type of wait_for_completion_timeout is unsigned long not int.
> An appropriately named unsigned long is added, and the assignments
> as well as error checking fixed up.
>
> API conformance testing for completions with coccinelle spatches are being
> used to locate API usage inconsistencies:
> ./drivers/net/wireless/ath/carl9170/usb.c:675
>         int return assigned to unsigned long
>
> Patch was compile tested with x86_64_defconfig + CONFIG_ATH_CARDS=m,
> CONFIG_CARL9170=m
>
> Patch is against 4.1-rc3 (localversion-next is -next-20150512)
>
> Signed-off-by: Nicholas Mc Guire <hofrat@...dl.org>
Acked-by: Christian Lamparter <chunkeey@...glemail.com>
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