Re: [PATCH] misc: aspeed-lpc-ctrl: Correct return values

From: Vijay Khemka
Date: Thu Jan 24 2019 - 15:07:35 EST




ïOn 1/24/19, 12:16 AM, "Greg Kroah-Hartman" <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On Wed, Jan 23, 2019 at 03:06:34PM -0800, Vijay Khemka wrote:
> Corrected some of return values with appropriate meanings.
>
> Signed-off-by: Vijay Khemka <vijaykhemka@xxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/misc/aspeed-lpc-ctrl.c | 15 +++++++--------
> 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/misc/aspeed-lpc-ctrl.c b/drivers/misc/aspeed-lpc-ctrl.c
> index 332210e06e98..97ae341109d5 100644
> --- a/drivers/misc/aspeed-lpc-ctrl.c
> +++ b/drivers/misc/aspeed-lpc-ctrl.c
> @@ -68,7 +68,6 @@ static long aspeed_lpc_ctrl_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd,
> unsigned long param)
> {
> struct aspeed_lpc_ctrl *lpc_ctrl = file_aspeed_lpc_ctrl(file);
> - struct device *dev = file->private_data;
> void __user *p = (void __user *)param;
> struct aspeed_lpc_ctrl_mapping map;
> u32 addr;
> @@ -93,8 +92,8 @@ static long aspeed_lpc_ctrl_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd,
>
> /* If memory-region is not described in device tree */
> if (!lpc_ctrl->mem_size) {
> - dev_err(dev, "Didn't find reserved memory\n");
> - return -EINVAL;
> + pr_err("aspeed_lpc_ctrl: ioctl: Didn't find reserved memory\n");

Why did you change from dev_err() to pr_err()? You just lost a lot of
information that the user previously was getting from dev_err() :(

I did this as per review comment from Andrew Jeffery, as we don't want to put this error for driver. It has to be handled by userspace. But I am still reporting some error here.



> + return -ENXIO;
> }
>
> map.size = lpc_ctrl->mem_size;
> @@ -134,16 +133,16 @@ static long aspeed_lpc_ctrl_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd,
>
> if (map.window_type == ASPEED_LPC_CTRL_WINDOW_FLASH) {
> if (!lpc_ctrl->pnor_size) {
> - dev_err(dev, "Didn't find host pnor flash\n");
> - return -EINVAL;
> + pr_err("aspeed_lpc_ctrl: ioctl: Didn't find host pnor flash\n");

Again, don't do that :(

thanks,

greg k-h