Re: Fwd: [PATCH 1/7] I2c-nomadik: Fix the usage ofwait_for_completion_timeout

From: Wolfram Sang
Date: Thu Nov 15 2012 - 05:18:17 EST


On Thu, Nov 15, 2012 at 03:27:42PM +0530, Srinidhi Kasagar wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 15, 2012 at 10:29:53 +0100, Wolfram Sang wrote:
> >
> > > > - if (timeout < 0) {
> > > > - dev_err(&dev->adev->dev,
> > > > - "wait_for_completion_timeout "
> > > > - "returned %d waiting for event\n", timeout);
> > > > - status = timeout;
> > > > - }
> > > > -
> > > No, it is wrong. You need to update the status variable in the case of timeout.
> >
> > Looking at the patch context, such code comes later.
> But it causes regressions; without looking at the "later" code, we can't afford merging
> this code now.

Later as in "a few lines later" not "some time later". Or am I missing
something else?

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