Re: [PATCH v2] iioc: dac: ltc2664: Fix span variable usage in ltc2664_channel_config function

From: Christophe JAILLET
Date: Sat Oct 05 2024 - 15:12:59 EST


Le 05/10/2024 à 19:07, Mohammed Anees a écrit :
In the current implementation of the ltc2664_channel_config function,

Hi,

Usually () are added after function name.

In the current implementation of ltc2664_channel_config()

Same for other function in the text below.

a variable named span is declared and initialized to 0, intended to
capture the return value of the ltc2664_set_span function. However,
the output of ltc2664_set_span is directly assigned to chan->span,
leaving span unchanged. As a result, when the function later checks
if (span < 0), this condition will never trigger an error since
span remains 0, this flaw leads to ineffective error handling. The
current patch resolves this issue by using the ret variable for

Usually imperative is preferred in patch description. This could be:

Resolve this issue by using the ret variable for...
(without "The current patch")

getting the return value, later assigning if successful and also
effectively removing span variable.

Signed-off-by: Mohammed Anees <pvmohammedanees2003-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Fixes: 4cc2fc445d2e4e63ed6bd5d310752d88d365f8e4

Fixes should be before S-o-b.

Fixes should be Fixes: <12 chars of sha1> ("<title line>")
So here: Fixes: 4cc2fc445d2e ("iio: dac: ltc2664: Add driver for LTC2664 and LTC2672")

I think that running "./scripts/checkpatch.pl" on your patch should warn about it.

---
v2:
- Using the ret variable to store the result from ltc2664_set_span
---
drivers/iio/dac/ltc2664.c | 18 +++++++++++-------
1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/iio/dac/ltc2664.c b/drivers/iio/dac/ltc2664.c
index 5be5345ac5c8..7dafcba7ece7 100644
--- a/drivers/iio/dac/ltc2664.c
+++ b/drivers/iio/dac/ltc2664.c
@@ -516,7 +516,7 @@ static int ltc2664_channel_config(struct ltc2664_state *st)
const struct ltc2664_chip_info *chip_info = st->chip_info;
struct device *dev = &st->spi->dev;
u32 reg, tmp[2], mspan;
- int ret, span = 0;
+ int ret;
mspan = LTC2664_MSPAN_SOFTSPAN;
ret = device_property_read_u32(dev, "adi,manual-span-operation-config",
@@ -579,20 +579,24 @@ static int ltc2664_channel_config(struct ltc2664_state *st)
ret = fwnode_property_read_u32_array(child, "output-range-microvolt",
tmp, ARRAY_SIZE(tmp));
if (!ret && mspan == LTC2664_MSPAN_SOFTSPAN) {
- chan->span = ltc2664_set_span(st, tmp[0] / 1000,
+ ret = ltc2664_set_span(st, tmp[0] / 1000,
tmp[1] / 1000, reg);

Parameters are not aligned anymore with the opening ( of the previous line.

"./scripts/checkpatch.pl --strict" would also warn about it.

- if (span < 0)
- return dev_err_probe(dev, span,
+ if (ret < 0)
+ return dev_err_probe(dev, ret,
"Failed to set span\n");
+ else

No need for 'else'.

+ chan->span = ret;
}
ret = fwnode_property_read_u32_array(child, "output-range-microamp",
tmp, ARRAY_SIZE(tmp));
if (!ret) {
- chan->span = ltc2664_set_span(st, 0, tmp[1] / 1000, reg);
- if (span < 0)
- return dev_err_probe(dev, span,
+ ret = ltc2664_set_span(st, 0, tmp[1] / 1000, reg);
+ if (ret < 0)
+ return dev_err_probe(dev, ret,
"Failed to set span\n");
+ else

No need for 'else'.

CJ

+ chan->span = ret;
}
}