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On Friday 21 November 2014 23:09:40 Darren Hart wrote:
> On Sat, Nov 22, 2014 at 07:46:25PM +0100, Pali Rohár wrote:
> > > > 0   Completed successfully
> > > > -1  Completed with error
> > > > -2  Function not supported
> > > > 
> > > > So we can return something other too (not always
> > > > -EINVAL). Do you have any idea which errno should we
> > > > return for -1 and -2?
> > > 
> > > For -1, I should think  -EIO (I/O Error)
> > > For -2, I'd expect -ENXIO (No such device or address)
> > 
> > What about -ENOSYS for -2?
> 
> No. This specific topic came up at kernel summit this year.
> ENOSYS is specifically for not implemented system calls.
> 

Ok, I will use -ENXIO.

> > > > > > +	if (convert) {
> > > > > > +		/* NOTE: this switch fall down */
> > > > > 
> > > > > "fall down" ? As in, it intentionally doesn't have
> > > > > breaks?
> > > > 
> > > > This code convert "value" in "units" to new value in
> > > > minutes units. So for unit == days it is: 24*60*60...
> > > > So no breaks.
> > > 
> > > Right, so the language of the comment just wasn't clear,
> > > try:
> > > 
> > > /* Convert value from seconds to minutes */
> > 
> > Err... to seconds :-) But OK, I will change comment.
> 
> Oops, duh.
> 
> /* Convert value from current units to seconds. */
> 
> > > > > > +		switch (unit) {
> > > > > > +		case KBD_TIMEOUT_DAYS:
> > > > > > +			value *= 24;
> > > > > > +		case KBD_TIMEOUT_HOURS:
> > > > > > +			value *= 60;
> > > > > > +		case KBD_TIMEOUT_MINUTES:
> > > > > > +			value *= 60;
> > > > > > +			unit = KBD_TIMEOUT_SECONDS;
> > > > > > +	 	}

-- 
Pali Rohár
pali.rohar@xxxxxxxxx

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