Re: [PATCH][V2] input: ims-pcu: return error code rather than -ENOMEM

From: Dan Carpenter
Date: Wed Jun 03 2020 - 13:31:38 EST


On Wed, Jun 03, 2020 at 04:21:51PM +0100, Colin King wrote:
> From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Currently the assignment of -ENOMEM to error is redudant because error
> is not being read and -ENOMEM is being hard coded as an error return.
> Fix this by returning the error code in variable 'error'; this also
> allows the error code from a failed call to input_register_device to
> be preserved and returned to the caller rather than just returning
> a possibly inappropriate -ENOMEM.
>
> Kudos to Dan Carpenter for the suggestion of an improved fix.
>
> Addresses-Coverity: ("Unused value")
> Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Thanks!

Reviewed-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx>

regards,
dan carpenter