Re: [patch 3/9] fujitsu-laptop: fix tests of acpi_evaluate_integer()

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> NAK, this patch is incorrect
> 
> On Mon, 21 Dec 2009, akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> 
> > From: Roel Kluin <roel.kluin@xxxxxxxxx>
> > 
> > The wrong test was used acpi_status status is unsigned.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Roel Kluin <roel.kluin@xxxxxxxxx>
> > Acked-by: Jonathan Woithe <jwoithe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: Len Brown <lenb@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> > 
> >  drivers/platform/x86/fujitsu-laptop.c |    4 ++--
> >  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> > 
> > diff -puN drivers/platform/x86/fujitsu-laptop.c~fujitsu-laptop-fix-tests-of-acpi_evaluate_integer-return drivers/platform/x86/fujitsu-laptop.c
> > --- a/drivers/platform/x86/fujitsu-laptop.c~fujitsu-laptop-fix-tests-of-acpi_evaluate_integer-return
> > +++ a/drivers/platform/x86/fujitsu-laptop.c
> > @@ -376,7 +376,7 @@ static int get_lcd_level(void)
> >  
> >  	status =
> >  	    acpi_evaluate_integer(fujitsu->acpi_handle, "GBLL", NULL, &state);
> > -	if (status < 0)
> > +	if (ACPI_FAILURE(status))
> >  		return status;
> 
> backlight_show_actual_brightness() will stuff this return value in sysfs
> no matter what you return.
> 
> I'm sure we don't want to return an acpi_status.
> 
> Looks like it should return 0 on failure, like thinkpad does.

Fair enough.  At the time this patch was first proposed there was some
confusion as to what the return value should be.  We ended up taking a punt
and got it wrong.

> >  	fujitsu->brightness_level = state & 0x0fffffff;
> > @@ -398,7 +398,7 @@ static int get_max_brightness(void)
> >  
> >  	status =
> >  	    acpi_evaluate_integer(fujitsu->acpi_handle, "RBLL", NULL, &state);
> > -	if (status < 0)
> > +	if (ACPI_FAILURE(status))
> >  		return status;
> 
> needs to be return -1, since show_max_brightness is testing for < 0.

Same here.

Thanks for the feedback; I'll do up a revised patch in a sec.

Regards
  jonathan
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