Re: [PATCH] [media] stk1160: Check return value of stk1160_read_reg()in stk1160_i2c_read_reg()

From: Jesper Juhl
Date: Tue Oct 16 2012 - 15:05:58 EST


On Mon, 15 Oct 2012, Ezequiel Garcia wrote:

> On Mon, Oct 15, 2012 at 9:03 PM, Jesper Juhl <jj@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > On Mon, 15 Oct 2012, Ezequiel Garcia wrote:
> >
> >> On Mon, Oct 15, 2012 at 7:52 PM, Jesper Juhl <jj@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >> > On Mon, 15 Oct 2012, Jesper Juhl wrote:
> >> >
> >> >> On Sat, 13 Oct 2012, Ezequiel Garcia wrote:
> >> >>
> > [...]
> >> > Currently there are two checks for 'rc' being less than zero with no
> >> > change to 'rc' between the two, so the second is just dead code.
> >> > The intention seems to have been to assign the return value of
> >> > 'stk1160_read_reg()' to 'rc' before the (currently dead) second check
> >> > and then test /that/. This patch does that.
> >> >
> >>
> >> This is an overly complicated explanation for such a small patch.
> >> Can you try to simplify it?
> >>
> > How's this?
> >
> >
> > From: Jesper Juhl <jj@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Date: Sat, 13 Oct 2012 00:16:37 +0200
> > Subject: [PATCH] [media] stk1160: Check return value of stk1160_read_reg() in stk1160_i2c_read_reg()
> >
> > Remember to collect the exit status from 'stk1160_read_reg()' in 'rc'
> > before testing it for less than zero.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Jesper Juhl <jj@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> > drivers/media/usb/stk1160/stk1160-i2c.c | 3 +--
> > 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/media/usb/stk1160/stk1160-i2c.c b/drivers/media/usb/stk1160/stk1160-i2c.c
> > index 176ac93..a2370e4 100644
> > --- a/drivers/media/usb/stk1160/stk1160-i2c.c
> > +++ b/drivers/media/usb/stk1160/stk1160-i2c.c
> > @@ -116,10 +116,9 @@ static int stk1160_i2c_read_reg(struct stk1160 *dev, u8 addr,
> > if (rc < 0)
> > return rc;
> >
> > - stk1160_read_reg(dev, STK1160_SBUSR_RD, value);
> > + rc = stk1160_read_reg(dev, STK1160_SBUSR_RD, value);
> > if (rc < 0)
> > return rc;
> > -
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> Sorry for the nitpick, but I'd like you to *not* remove this line.
>
No problem.
I hope the below is OK :-)


From: Jesper Juhl <jj@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 13 Oct 2012 00:16:37 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] [media] stk1160: Check return value of stk1160_read_reg() in stk1160_i2c_read_reg()

Remember to collect the exit status from 'stk1160_read_reg()' in 'rc'
before testing it for less than zero.

Signed-off-by: Jesper Juhl <jj@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/media/usb/stk1160/stk1160-i2c.c | 2 +-
1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/media/usb/stk1160/stk1160-i2c.c b/drivers/media/usb/stk1160/stk1160-i2c.c
index 176ac93..850cf28 100644
--- a/drivers/media/usb/stk1160/stk1160-i2c.c
+++ b/drivers/media/usb/stk1160/stk1160-i2c.c
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ static int stk1160_i2c_read_reg(struct stk1160 *dev, u8 addr,
if (rc < 0)
return rc;

- stk1160_read_reg(dev, STK1160_SBUSR_RD, value);
+ rc = stk1160_read_reg(dev, STK1160_SBUSR_RD, value);
if (rc < 0)
return rc;

--
1.7.1


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