Re: [PATCH 07/20] media: si21xx: report eventual errors at set_frontend

From: Nathan Chancellor
Date: Fri Nov 26 2021 - 15:08:18 EST


On Wed, Nov 24, 2021 at 08:13:10PM +0100, Mauro Carvalho Chehab wrote:
> If an error occurs while setting the registers at set_frontend,
> it is silently ignored. Yet, the variable status is updated.
>
> Change the logic to return an error if it fails to write values
> to the registers.
>
> Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@xxxxxxxxxx>

I am not super familiar with the different return codes so I assume it
is appropriate (the sites that I see calling set_frontend() appears to
only check for a negative return code).

Reviewed-by: Nathan Chancellor <nathan@xxxxxxxxxx>

> ---
>
> To avoid mailbombing on a large number of people, only mailing lists were C/C on the cover.
> See [PATCH 00/20] at: https://lore.kernel.org/all/cover.1637781097.git.mchehab+huawei@xxxxxxxxxx/
>
> drivers/media/dvb-frontends/si21xx.c | 7 ++++---
> 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/media/dvb-frontends/si21xx.c b/drivers/media/dvb-frontends/si21xx.c
> index e31eb2c5cc4c..001b23588389 100644
> --- a/drivers/media/dvb-frontends/si21xx.c
> +++ b/drivers/media/dvb-frontends/si21xx.c
> @@ -711,7 +711,7 @@ static int si21xx_set_frontend(struct dvb_frontend *fe)
> int i;
> bool inband_interferer_div2[ALLOWABLE_FS_COUNT];
> bool inband_interferer_div4[ALLOWABLE_FS_COUNT];
> - int status;
> + int status = 0;
>
> /* allowable sample rates for ADC in MHz */
> int afs[ALLOWABLE_FS_COUNT] = { 200, 192, 193, 194, 195,
> @@ -747,8 +747,6 @@ static int si21xx_set_frontend(struct dvb_frontend *fe)
> rf_freq = 10 * c->frequency ;
> data_rate = c->symbol_rate / 100;
>
> - status = PASS;
> -
> band_low = (rf_freq - lnb_lo) - ((lnb_uncertanity * 200)
> + (data_rate * 135)) / 200;
>
> @@ -832,6 +830,9 @@ static int si21xx_set_frontend(struct dvb_frontend *fe)
> state->fs = sample_rate;/*ADC MHz*/
> si21xx_setacquire(fe, c->symbol_rate, c->fec_inner);
>
> + if (status)
> + return -EREMOTEIO;
> +
> return 0;
> }
>
> --
> 2.33.1
>
>