Re: [PATCH 1/1] orinoco: fix improper return value
From: Arend Van Spriel
Date: Thu Dec 08 2016 - 05:31:04 EST
On 8-12-2016 1:40, Pan Bian wrote:
> Function orinoco_ioctl_commit() returns 0 (indicates success) when the
> call to orinoco_lock() fails. Thus, the return value is inconsistent with
> the execution status. It may be better to return "-EBUSY" when the call
> to orinoco_lock() fails.
>
> Bugzilla: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=188671
>
> Signed-off-by: Pan Bian <bianpan2016@xxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/net/wireless/intersil/orinoco/wext.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/intersil/orinoco/wext.c b/drivers/net/wireless/intersil/orinoco/wext.c
> index 1d4dae4..fee57ea 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/wireless/intersil/orinoco/wext.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/intersil/orinoco/wext.c
> @@ -1314,7 +1314,7 @@ static int orinoco_ioctl_commit(struct net_device *dev,
> return 0;
>
> if (orinoco_lock(priv, &flags) != 0)
> - return err;
> + return -EBUSY;
Actually, orinoco_lock will return either -EBUSY or 0 so maybe better to
just do:
err = orinoco_lock(priv, &flags);
if (err < 0)
return err;
Regards,
Arend
> err = orinoco_commit(priv);
>
>