Re: [PATCH v1] drivers/ata/libata-core: check return value of sata_scr_read()

From: Damien Le Moal
Date: Mon Aug 29 2022 - 21:40:50 EST


On 2022/08/29 5:45, Li Zhong wrote:
> sata_scr_read() could return 0 on failure. Check the return value.

Looks OK as a fix but the above sentence has a bug. 0 indicates success, not
failure. So this should read:

sata_scr_read() may fail with a negative error code. Check that function return
value when reading the control register.

Also, the patch title should be something like:

ata: libata-core: Check errors in sata_print_link_status()

>
> Signed-off-by: Li Zhong <floridsleeves@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/ata/libata-core.c | 3 ++-
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/ata/libata-core.c b/drivers/ata/libata-core.c
> index 826d41f341e4..ae08c7d35cb0 100644
> --- a/drivers/ata/libata-core.c
> +++ b/drivers/ata/libata-core.c
> @@ -3021,7 +3021,8 @@ static void sata_print_link_status(struct ata_link *link)
>
> if (sata_scr_read(link, SCR_STATUS, &sstatus))
> return;
> - sata_scr_read(link, SCR_CONTROL, &scontrol);
> + if (sata_scr_read(link, SCR_CONTROL, &scontrol))
> + return;
>
> if (ata_phys_link_online(link)) {
> tmp = (sstatus >> 4) & 0xf;

--
Damien Le Moal
Western Digital Research