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SubjectRe: [PATCH] sound: oss: ad1848: Fix returned errno code in ad1848_init()
On Tue, Sep 22, 2015 at 04:37:37PM +0100, Luis de Bethencourt wrote:
> The driver is using -1 instead of the -ENOMEM defined macro to specify
> that a buffer allocation failed. Since the error number is propagated,
> the caller will get a -EPERM which is the wrong error condition.
>
> Smatch tool warning:
> ad1848_init() warn: returning -1 instead of -ENOMEM is sloppy
>
> Signed-off-by: Luis de Bethencourt <luisbg@osg.samsung.com>
> ---
> sound/oss/ad1848.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/sound/oss/ad1848.c b/sound/oss/ad1848.c
> index 10c8de1..6b35656 100644
> --- a/sound/oss/ad1848.c
> +++ b/sound/oss/ad1848.c
> @@ -1992,7 +1992,7 @@ int ad1848_init (char *name, struct resource *ports, int irq, int dma_playback,
> portc = kmalloc(sizeof(ad1848_port_info), GFP_KERNEL);
> if(portc==NULL) {
> release_region(devc->base, 4);
> - return -1;
> + return -ENOMEM;
The return value of ad1848_init is stored in hw_config->slots[0].
And in sound/oss/pss.c hw_config->slots[0] is checked like:
if (hw_config->slots[0] != -1)

So, you just changed the functionality of the driver.

regards
sudip


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