This patch adds the error handling for the value returned from ade7754_spi_read_reg_8. With this patch, the following randconfig warnings get fixed automatically. drivers/staging/iio/meter/ade7754.c:222:6: warning: ‘val’ may be used uninitialized in this function [-Wmaybe-uninitialized] drivers/staging/iio/meter/ade7754.c:368:6: warning: ‘val’ may be used uninitialized in this function [-Wmaybe-uninitialized] Signed-off-by: Devendra Naga <devendra.aaru@xxxxxxxxx> --- Hello, Please see if this is the error message you wanted. Build tested on next-20141231 with randconfig sent to iio ml, and with allmodconfig. drivers/staging/iio/meter/ade7754.c | 15 +++++++++++++-- 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/staging/iio/meter/ade7754.c b/drivers/staging/iio/meter/ade7754.c index 81f6731..746b188 100644 --- a/drivers/staging/iio/meter/ade7754.c +++ b/drivers/staging/iio/meter/ade7754.c @@ -216,9 +216,13 @@ error_ret: static int ade7754_reset(struct device *dev) { + int ret; u8 val; - ade7754_spi_read_reg_8(dev, ADE7754_OPMODE, &val); + ret = ade7754_spi_read_reg_8(dev, ADE7754_OPMODE, &val); + if (ret < 0) + return ret; + val |= 1 << 6; /* Software Chip Reset */ return ade7754_spi_write_reg_8(dev, ADE7754_OPMODE, val); } @@ -362,9 +366,16 @@ error_ret: /* Power down the device */ static int ade7754_stop_device(struct device *dev) { + int ret; u8 val; - ade7754_spi_read_reg_8(dev, ADE7754_OPMODE, &val); + ret = ade7754_spi_read_reg_8(dev, ADE7754_OPMODE, &val); + if (ret < 0) { + dev_err(dev, "unable to power down the device, error: %d", + ret); + return ret; + } + val |= 7 << 3; /* ADE7754 powered down */ return ade7754_spi_write_reg_8(dev, ADE7754_OPMODE, val); } -- 1.9.3 _______________________________________________ devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://driverdev.linuxdriverproject.org/mailman/listinfo/driverdev-devel