Re: [PATCH] iio: ad9523: fix a missing check of return value

From: Jonathan Cameron
Date: Sat Dec 22 2018 - 12:35:02 EST


On Thu, 20 Dec 2018 01:21:22 -0600
Kangjie Lu <kjlu@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> If ad9523_write() fails, indio_dev may get incorrect data. The fix
> inserts a check for the return value of ad9523_write(), and it fails,
> returns an error.
>
> Signed-off-by: Kangjie Lu <kjlu@xxxxxxx>
Applied to the togreg branch of iio.git and pushed out as testing for
the autobuilders to play with it.

Thanks,

Jonathan

> ---
> drivers/iio/frequency/ad9523.c | 7 +++++--
> 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/iio/frequency/ad9523.c b/drivers/iio/frequency/ad9523.c
> index f3f94fbdd20a..3f9be69499ec 100644
> --- a/drivers/iio/frequency/ad9523.c
> +++ b/drivers/iio/frequency/ad9523.c
> @@ -943,11 +943,14 @@ static int ad9523_setup(struct iio_dev *indio_dev)
> }
> }
>
> - for_each_clear_bit(i, &active_mask, AD9523_NUM_CHAN)
> - ad9523_write(indio_dev,
> + for_each_clear_bit(i, &active_mask, AD9523_NUM_CHAN) {
> + ret = ad9523_write(indio_dev,
> AD9523_CHANNEL_CLOCK_DIST(i),
> AD9523_CLK_DIST_DRIVER_MODE(TRISTATE) |
> AD9523_CLK_DIST_PWR_DOWN_EN);
> + if (ret < 0)
> + return ret;
> + }
>
> ret = ad9523_write(indio_dev, AD9523_POWER_DOWN_CTRL, 0);
> if (ret < 0)