Re: [PATCH 1/4] mfd: menelaus: fix error return code

From: Lee Jones
Date: Thu Aug 21 2014 - 08:14:07 EST


On Thu, 21 Aug 2014, Julia Lawall wrote:

> Convert a zero return value on error to a negative one, as returned
> elsewhere in the function.
>
> Additionally, converted 1 << 7 to BIT(7) at the suggestion of Lee Jones.
>
> A simplified version of the semantic match that finds this problem is as
> follows: (http://coccinelle.lip6.fr/)
>
> // <smpl>
> (
> if@p1 (\(ret < 0\|ret != 0\))
> { ... return ret; }
> |
> ret@p1 = 0
> )
> ... when != ret = e1
> when != &ret
> *if(...)
> {
> ... when != ret = e2
> when forall
> return ret;
> }
>
> // </smpl>
>
> Signed-off-by: Julia Lawall <Julia.Lawall@xxxxxxx>
>
> ---
> v2: Drop the name "val" and use BIT(7).

Thanks Julia. Patch applied.

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