Re: [PATCH] iio: hid-sensors: Fix an error handling path in _hid_sensor_set_report_latency()

From: Jonathan Cameron
Date: Sat Oct 05 2024 - 14:06:48 EST


On Thu, 3 Oct 2024 20:41:12 +0200
Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> If hid_sensor_set_report_latency() fails, the error code should be returned
> instead of a value likely to be interpreted as 'success'.
>
> Fixes: 138bc7969c24 ("iio: hid-sensor-hub: Implement batch mode")
> Signed-off-by: Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> This patch is speculative.
>
> The code just *looks* wrong to me. No strong opinion, if it is done on
> purpose or not.
Agreed it smells :) But I'd like more eyes on this before I take the fix
as maybe there is something subtle going on.

J
> ---
> drivers/iio/common/hid-sensors/hid-sensor-trigger.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/iio/common/hid-sensors/hid-sensor-trigger.c b/drivers/iio/common/hid-sensors/hid-sensor-trigger.c
> index ad8910e6ad59..abb09fefc792 100644
> --- a/drivers/iio/common/hid-sensors/hid-sensor-trigger.c
> +++ b/drivers/iio/common/hid-sensors/hid-sensor-trigger.c
> @@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ static ssize_t _hid_sensor_set_report_latency(struct device *dev,
> latency = integer * 1000 + fract / 1000;
> ret = hid_sensor_set_report_latency(attrb, latency);
> if (ret < 0)
> - return len;
> + return ret;
>
> attrb->latency_ms = hid_sensor_get_report_latency(attrb);
>