Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] extcon: arizona: Fix reset of HPDET after race withremoval

From: Chanwoo Choi
Date: Mon Nov 04 2013 - 04:41:49 EST


On 11/04/2013 06:21 PM, Charles Keepax wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 04, 2013 at 09:32:50AM +0900, Chanwoo Choi wrote:
>> The arizona_hpdet_do_id() return only either -EAGIN or 0(zero).
>> extcon-arizona driver could never execute 'goto done;' statement.
>>
>> ret = arizona_hpdet_do_id(info, &reading, &mic);
>> if (ret == -EAGAIN) {
>> goto out;
>> } else if (ret < 0) {
>> goto done;
>> }
>
> True that else if is redundant at the moment, but personally I
> would be inclined to leave it in, it feels safer against possible
> future edits of arizona_hpdet_do_id. It would be reasonable for
> someone to assume that other return values are acceptable whilst
> editing it but they would then not be handled.

I know your intention. But, I cannot apply this patch for potential issue.
Also, we have to fix below dead code after returning arizona_hpdet_do_id()

>> } else if (ret < 0) {
>> goto done;
>> }


Thanks,
Chanwoo Choi

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