[PATCH] drivers/leds/leds-lp5521.c: actually check return value of lp5521_read

From: Reinhard Tartler
Date: Mon May 21 2012 - 11:44:13 EST


This detects device failures properly. Fixes compiler warning:
drivers/leds/leds-lp5521.c:741: warning: 'buf' may be used uninitialized in this function

Signed-off-by: Reinhard Tartler <siretart@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/leds/leds-lp5521.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

This problem was found by tools developed by the VAMOS project:
http://www4.cs.fau.de/Research/VAMOS/

diff --git a/drivers/leds/leds-lp5521.c b/drivers/leds/leds-lp5521.c
index 410a723..943c69d 100644
--- a/drivers/leds/leds-lp5521.c
+++ b/drivers/leds/leds-lp5521.c
@@ -785,7 +785,7 @@ static int __devinit lp5521_probe(struct i2c_client *client,
* LP5521_REG_ENABLE register will not have any effect - strange!
*/
ret = lp5521_read(client, LP5521_REG_R_CURRENT, &buf);
- if (buf != LP5521_REG_R_CURR_DEFAULT) {
+ if (ret == -EIO || buf != LP5521_REG_R_CURR_DEFAULT) {
dev_err(&client->dev, "error in resetting chip\n");
goto fail2;
}
--
1.7.10

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