Re: [PATCH] ata: ahci_xgene: Use int type for 'rc' to store error codes

From: Damien Le Moal
Date: Tue Aug 26 2025 - 01:09:18 EST


On 8/26/25 13:02, Qianfeng Rong wrote:
> Use int instead of u32 for 'rc' variable to store negative error codes
> returned by ahci_do_softreset().
>
> Signed-off-by: Qianfeng Rong <rongqianfeng@xxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/ata/ahci_xgene.c | 4 ++--
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/ata/ahci_xgene.c b/drivers/ata/ahci_xgene.c
> index 5d5a51a77f5d..8d01c105fd44 100644
> --- a/drivers/ata/ahci_xgene.c
> +++ b/drivers/ata/ahci_xgene.c
> @@ -450,7 +450,7 @@ static int xgene_ahci_pmp_softreset(struct ata_link *link, unsigned int *class,
> {
> int pmp = sata_srst_pmp(link);
> struct ata_port *ap = link->ap;
> - u32 rc;
> + int rc;
> void __iomem *port_mmio = ahci_port_base(ap);
> u32 port_fbs;

If you fix this, please fix it properly: the rc variable is not needed at all in
that function. You can just do:

diff --git a/drivers/ata/ahci_xgene.c b/drivers/ata/ahci_xgene.c
index 5d5a51a77f5d..a6d964f7184c 100644
--- a/drivers/ata/ahci_xgene.c
+++ b/drivers/ata/ahci_xgene.c
@@ -450,7 +450,6 @@ static int xgene_ahci_pmp_softreset(struct ata_link *link,
unsigned int *class,
{
int pmp = sata_srst_pmp(link);
struct ata_port *ap = link->ap;
- u32 rc;
void __iomem *port_mmio = ahci_port_base(ap);
u32 port_fbs;

@@ -463,9 +462,7 @@ static int xgene_ahci_pmp_softreset(struct ata_link *link,
unsigned int *class,
port_fbs |= pmp << PORT_FBS_DEV_OFFSET;
writel(port_fbs, port_mmio + PORT_FBS);

- rc = ahci_do_softreset(link, class, pmp, deadline, ahci_check_ready);
-
- return rc;
+ return ahci_do_softreset(link, class, pmp, deadline, ahci_check_ready);
}


>
> @@ -500,7 +500,7 @@ static int xgene_ahci_softreset(struct ata_link *link, unsigned int *class,
> u32 port_fbs;
> u32 port_fbs_save;
> u32 retry = 1;
> - u32 rc;
> + int rc;
>
> port_fbs_save = readl(port_mmio + PORT_FBS);
>


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Damien Le Moal
Western Digital Research