Re: [PATCH] hda: check make_exec_verb() return value

From: Takashi Iwai
Date: Mon Jun 13 2011 - 11:52:52 EST


At Mon, 13 Jun 2011 07:45:45 -0700,
Greg Thelen wrote:
>
> If given a -1 cmd parameter then make_exec_verb() returns -1 without
> setting the res output value.
>
> Prior to this change snd_hda_codec_read() assumed that make_exec_verb()
> unconditionally set res regardless of the cmd value.
>
> This change explicitly checks the make_exec_verb() return value before
> consuming the potentially unset res value.
>
> Signed-off-by: Greg Thelen <gthelen@xxxxxxxxxx>

Applied now. Thanks.


Takashi


> ---
> sound/pci/hda/hda_codec.c | 3 ++-
> 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/sound/pci/hda/hda_codec.c b/sound/pci/hda/hda_codec.c
> index 45b4a8d..f06dd5f 100644
> --- a/sound/pci/hda/hda_codec.c
> +++ b/sound/pci/hda/hda_codec.c
> @@ -243,7 +243,8 @@ unsigned int snd_hda_codec_read(struct hda_codec *codec, hda_nid_t nid,
> {
> unsigned cmd = make_codec_cmd(codec, nid, direct, verb, parm);
> unsigned int res;
> - codec_exec_verb(codec, cmd, &res);
> + if (codec_exec_verb(codec, cmd, &res))
> + return -1;
> return res;
> }
> EXPORT_SYMBOL_HDA(snd_hda_codec_read);
> --
> 1.7.3.1
>
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