Re: Fwd: [PATCH 2/14] drivers/media/platform/soc_camera/mx2_camera.c:fix error return code

From: Guennadi Liakhovetski
Date: Sun Sep 23 2012 - 17:15:50 EST


Hi Peter

Thanks for the patch, but I think it can be improved:

On Sun, 23 Sep 2012, Mauro Carvalho Chehab wrote:

> Please review,
>
> Regards,
> Mauro.
>
>
> -------- Mensagem original --------
> Assunto: [PATCH 2/14] drivers/media/platform/soc_camera/mx2_camera.c: fix error return code
> Data: Thu, 6 Sep 2012 17:23:59 +0200
> De: Peter Senna Tschudin <peter.senna@xxxxxxxxx>
> Para: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> CC: kernel-janitors@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Julia.Lawall@xxxxxxx, linux-media@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> From: Peter Senna Tschudin <peter.senna@xxxxxxxxx>
>
> Convert a nonnegative error return code to a negative one, as returned
> elsewhere in the function.
>
> A simplified version of the semantic match that finds this problem is as
> follows: (http://coccinelle.lip6.fr/)
>
> // <smpl>
> (
> if@p1 (\(ret < 0\|ret != 0\))
> { ... return ret; }
> |
> ret@p1 = 0
> )
> ... when != ret = e1
> when != &ret
> *if(...)
> {
> ... when != ret = e2
> when forall
> return ret;
> }
>
> // </smpl>
>
> Signed-off-by: Peter Senna Tschudin <peter.senna@xxxxxxxxx>
>
> ---
> drivers/media/platform/soc_camera/mx2_camera.c | 5 ++++-
> 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/media/platform/soc_camera/mx2_camera.c b/drivers/media/platform/soc_camera/mx2_camera.c
> index 256187f..f8884a7 100644
> --- a/drivers/media/platform/soc_camera/mx2_camera.c
> +++ b/drivers/media/platform/soc_camera/mx2_camera.c
> @@ -1800,13 +1800,16 @@ static int __devinit mx2_camera_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
>
> if (!res_emma || !irq_emma) {
> dev_err(&pdev->dev, "no EMMA resources\n");
> + err = -ENODEV;
> goto exit_free_irq;
> }
>
> pcdev->res_emma = res_emma;
> pcdev->irq_emma = irq_emma;
> - if (mx27_camera_emma_init(pcdev))
> + if (mx27_camera_emma_init(pcdev)) {
> + err = -ENODEV;

I think, propagating the error, returned by mx27_camera_emma_init() to the
caller would be better, than using -ENODEV.

Thanks
Guennadi

> goto exit_free_irq;
> + }
> }
>
> pcdev->soc_host.drv_name = MX2_CAM_DRV_NAME,
>
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