Re: linux-4.20-rc1/sound/soc/stm/stm32_sai_sub.c:343: Faulty error check

From: Arnaud Pouliquen
Date: Mon Nov 05 2018 - 09:24:55 EST


Hello David,

On 11/5/18 2:33 PM, David Binderman wrote:
> Hello there,
>
> linux-4.20-rc1/sound/soc/stm/stm32_sai_sub.c:343]: (style) Checking if
> unsigned variable 'div' is less than zero.
>
> Source code is
>
> ÂÂÂÂÂÂÂ div = stm32_sai_get_clk_div(sai, parent_rate, rate);
> ÂÂÂÂÂÂÂ if (div < 0)
> ÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂ return div;
>
> Suggest store return value from function in int local variable, test it
> and only then assign it into an unsigned variable.
>
> Regards
>
> David Binderman

Thanks for your feedback, a patch has already been sent and applied to
fix this warning: https://lkml.org/lkml/2018/11/5/510.

Regards,
Arnaud