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SubjectRe: [ 05/56] drivers/leds/leds-lp5521.c: fix lp5521_read() error handling
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On Fri, 2012-11-30 at 10:54 -0800, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> 3.4-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know.
>
> ------------------
>
> From: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@oracle.com>
>
> commit 5bc9ad774c063f6b41965e7314f2c26aa5e465a0 upstream.
>
> Gcc 4.6.2 complains that:
>
> drivers/leds/leds-lp5521.c: In function `lp5521_load_program':
> drivers/leds/leds-lp5521.c:214:21: warning: `mode' may be used uninitialized in this function [-Wuninitialized]
> drivers/leds/leds-lp5521.c: In function `lp5521_probe':
> drivers/leds/leds-lp5521.c:788:5: warning: `buf' may be used uninitialized in this function [-Wuninitialized]
> drivers/leds/leds-lp5521.c:740:6: warning: `ret' may be used uninitialized in this function [-Wuninitialized]
>
> These are real problems if lp5521_read() returns an error. When that
> happens we should handle it, instead of ignoring it or doing a bitwise
> OR with all the other error codes and continuing.
[...]
> --- a/drivers/leds/leds-lp5521.c
> +++ b/drivers/leds/leds-lp5521.c
[...]
> @@ -785,7 +789,7 @@ static int __devinit lp5521_probe(struct
> * LP5521_REG_ENABLE register will not have any effect - strange!
> */
> ret = lp5521_read(client, LP5521_REG_R_CURRENT, &buf);
> - if (buf != LP5521_REG_R_CURR_DEFAULT) {
> + if (ret || buf != LP5521_REG_R_CURR_DEFAULT) {
> dev_err(&client->dev, "error in resetting chip\n");
> goto fail2;
> }

lp5521_probe() is going to return 0 if ret == 0 &&
buf != LP5521_REG_R_CURR_DEFAULT here. It needs to set an error code.

Ben.

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Ben Hutchings
It is easier to change the specification to fit the program than vice versa.
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