[PATCH] pinctrl: single: Fix incorrect type for error return variable

From: Haotian Zhang

Date: Wed Dec 03 2025 - 01:14:40 EST


pcs_pinconf_get() and pcs_pinconf_set() declare ret as unsigned int,
but assign it the return values of pcs_get_function() that may return
negative error codes. This causes negative error codes to be
converted to large positive values.

Change ret from unsigned int to int in both functions.

Fixes: 9dddb4df90d1 ("pinctrl: single: support generic pinconf")
Signed-off-by: Haotian Zhang <vulab@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/pinctrl/pinctrl-single.c | 7 ++++---
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/pinctrl/pinctrl-single.c b/drivers/pinctrl/pinctrl-single.c
index 5cda6201b60f..21b2580480ca 100644
--- a/drivers/pinctrl/pinctrl-single.c
+++ b/drivers/pinctrl/pinctrl-single.c
@@ -485,7 +485,8 @@ static int pcs_pinconf_get(struct pinctrl_dev *pctldev,
struct pcs_device *pcs = pinctrl_dev_get_drvdata(pctldev);
struct pcs_function *func;
enum pin_config_param param;
- unsigned offset = 0, data = 0, i, j, ret;
+ unsigned offset = 0, data = 0, i, j;
+ int ret;

ret = pcs_get_function(pctldev, pin, &func);
if (ret)
@@ -549,9 +550,9 @@ static int pcs_pinconf_set(struct pinctrl_dev *pctldev,
{
struct pcs_device *pcs = pinctrl_dev_get_drvdata(pctldev);
struct pcs_function *func;
- unsigned offset = 0, shift = 0, i, data, ret;
+ unsigned offset = 0, shift = 0, i, data;
u32 arg;
- int j;
+ int j, ret;
enum pin_config_param param;

ret = pcs_get_function(pctldev, pin, &func);
--
2.50.1.windows.1