Change nvec_write_async() to return an integer, 0 by default, a negative error on failure. Change nvec_write_sync() to check the return value and abort if it is negative. Signed-off-by: Julian Andres Klode <jak@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/staging/nvec/nvec.c | 11 +++++++++-- drivers/staging/nvec/nvec.h | 2 +- 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/staging/nvec/nvec.c b/drivers/staging/nvec/nvec.c index 75b1d8a..bad3389 100644 --- a/drivers/staging/nvec/nvec.c +++ b/drivers/staging/nvec/nvec.c @@ -151,13 +151,16 @@ static void nvec_gpio_set_value(struct nvec_chip *nvec, int value) gpio_set_value(nvec->gpio, value); } -void nvec_write_async(struct nvec_chip *nvec, const unsigned char *data, +int nvec_write_async(struct nvec_chip *nvec, const unsigned char *data, short size) { struct nvec_msg *msg; unsigned long flags; msg = nvec_msg_alloc(nvec); + if (msg == NULL) + return -ENOMEM; + msg->data[0] = size; memcpy(msg->data + 1, data, size); msg->size = size + 1; @@ -167,6 +170,8 @@ void nvec_write_async(struct nvec_chip *nvec, const unsigned char *data, spin_unlock_irqrestore(&nvec->tx_lock, flags); queue_work(nvec->wq, &nvec->tx_work); + + return 0; } EXPORT_SYMBOL(nvec_write_async); @@ -176,7 +181,9 @@ struct nvec_msg *nvec_write_sync(struct nvec_chip *nvec, mutex_lock(&nvec->sync_write_mutex); nvec->sync_write_pending = (data[1] << 8) + data[0]; - nvec_write_async(nvec, data, size); + + if (nvec_write_async(nvec, data, size) < 0) + return NULL; dev_dbg(nvec->dev, "nvec_sync_write: 0x%04x\n", nvec->sync_write_pending); diff --git a/drivers/staging/nvec/nvec.h b/drivers/staging/nvec/nvec.h index 0a98b92..333cb2e 100644 --- a/drivers/staging/nvec/nvec.h +++ b/drivers/staging/nvec/nvec.h @@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ struct nvec_chip { int state; }; -extern void nvec_write_async(struct nvec_chip *nvec, const unsigned char *data, +extern int nvec_write_async(struct nvec_chip *nvec, const unsigned char *data, short size); extern int nvec_register_notifier(struct nvec_chip *nvec, -- 1.7.5.4 _______________________________________________ devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://driverdev.linuxdriverproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel