Re: Regression 2.6.39-rc1 for sony-laptop

[Dan Carpenter]

On 4/2/11, Mattia Dongili <malattia@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Sat, Apr 02, 2011 at 02:55:38PM +0300, Dan Carpenter wrote:
>> On 4/2/11, Mattia Dongili <malattia@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> > --- a/drivers/platform/x86/sony-laptop.c
>> > +++ b/drivers/platform/x86/sony-laptop.c
>> > @@ -810,6 +810,11 @@ static int sony_nc_handles_cleanup(struct
>> > platform_device *pd)
>> >  static int sony_find_snc_handle(int handle)
>> >  {
>> >  	int i;
>> > +
>> > +	/* not initialized yet, return early */
>> > +	if (!handles)
>> > +		return -1;
>>
>> -1 is -EPERM.  That's not the right error code here.  Maybe -EINVAL?
>
> this error is not propagated to userspace. If necessary I can review all
> error codes in the sony-laptop internal functions (where -1 is a fairly
> common return code for error conditions).

That would be good, but it's going beyond the call of duty.  The main thing
is to not introduce new slop.

>
> I remember a discussion on LKML recently about error codes but I'm not
> sure what the outcome was (if any).
>

People sometimes think -1 is a generic error code, but it's not.  It has
a specific wrong meaning.  In fact, -1 is never the right error code.
It's should
either be -EPERM, or the appropriate error code.

regards,
dan carpenter
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