Re: [PATCH] ata: sata_mv: Fix the return value of the probe function

From: Sergey Shtylyov
Date: Thu Oct 21 2021 - 04:37:28 EST


On 21.10.2021 8:57, Zheyu Ma wrote:

mv_init_host() propagates the value returned by mv_chip_id() which in turn
gets propagated by mv_pci_init_one() and hits local_pci_probe().

During the process of driver probing, the probe function should return < 0
for failure, otherwise, the kernel will treat value > 0 as success.

Signed-off-by: Zheyu Ma <zheyuma97@xxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/ata/sata_mv.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/ata/sata_mv.c b/drivers/ata/sata_mv.c
index 9d86203e1e7a..7461fe078dd1 100644
--- a/drivers/ata/sata_mv.c
+++ b/drivers/ata/sata_mv.c
@@ -3897,7 +3897,7 @@ static int mv_chip_id(struct ata_host *host, unsigned int board_idx)
default:
dev_err(host->dev, "BUG: invalid board index %u\n", board_idx);
- return 1;
+ return -ENODEV;

Doesn't -EINVAL fit better here?

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MBR, Sergey