Hi > As rsnd_mod_power_on() can return negative numbers, > it should be better to check the return value and > deal with the exception. > > Fixes: e7d850dd10f4 ("ASoC: rsnd: use mod base common method on SSI-parent") > Signed-off-by: Jiasheng Jiang <jiasheng@xxxxxxxxxxx> > --- (snip) > --- a/sound/soc/sh/rcar/ssi.c > +++ b/sound/soc/sh/rcar/ssi.c > @@ -480,7 +480,9 @@ static int rsnd_ssi_init(struct rsnd_mod *mod, > > ssi->usrcnt++; > > - rsnd_mod_power_on(mod); > + ret = rsnd_mod_power_on(mod); > + if (ret < 0) > + return ret; This looks good to me, but, the code which is using rsnd_mod_power_on() and not checking the return value is not only ssi.c. > grep rsnd_mod_power_on ./sound/soc/sh/rcar/*.c [~/Mail/tmp] sound/soc/sh/rcar/ctu.c: rsnd_mod_power_on(mod); sound/soc/sh/rcar/dvc.c: rsnd_mod_power_on(mod); sound/soc/sh/rcar/mix.c: rsnd_mod_power_on(mod); sound/soc/sh/rcar/src.c: rsnd_mod_power_on(mod); sound/soc/sh/rcar/ssi.c: rsnd_mod_power_on(mod); Thank you for your help !! Best regards --- Kuninori Morimoto