Re: [PATCH 1/3] Return ENODEV instead of EINVAL when trying to open ACM device.

[Oliver Neukum]

Am Mittwoch, 24. Juni 2009 22:40:15 schrieb Greg KH:
> On Wed, Jun 24, 2009 at 08:31:15AM -0300, Thadeu Lima de Souza Cascardo wrote:
> > Signed-off-by: Thadeu Lima de Souza Cascardo <cascardo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> >  drivers/usb/class/cdc-acm.c |    2 +-
> >  1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/usb/class/cdc-acm.c b/drivers/usb/class/cdc-acm.c
> > index 38bfdb0..02eb60b 100644
> > --- a/drivers/usb/class/cdc-acm.c
> > +++ b/drivers/usb/class/cdc-acm.c
> > @@ -550,7 +550,7 @@ static void acm_waker(struct work_struct *waker)
> >  static int acm_tty_open(struct tty_struct *tty, struct file *filp)
> >  {
> >  	struct acm *acm;
> > -	int rv = -EINVAL;
> > +	int rv = -ENODEV;
>
> Why is this needed?

The current error return is incorrect. If the table entry is gone, the
device has been disconnected, hence -ENODEV.

	Regards
		Oliver
Acked-by: Oliver Neukum <oliver@xxxxxxxxxx>

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