This patch adds the error handling for the value returned from ade7759_spi_read_reg_16. With this patch, the following randconfig warnings get fixed automatically. drivers/staging/iio/meter/ade7759.c:224:6: warning: ‘val’ may be used uninitialized in this function [-Wmaybe-uninitialized] drivers/staging/iio/meter/ade7759.c:309:6: 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/ade7759.c | 14 ++++++++++++-- 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/staging/iio/meter/ade7759.c b/drivers/staging/iio/meter/ade7759.c index 7d21743..86b5145 100644 --- a/drivers/staging/iio/meter/ade7759.c +++ b/drivers/staging/iio/meter/ade7759.c @@ -218,9 +218,12 @@ static int ade7759_reset(struct device *dev) int ret; u16 val; - ade7759_spi_read_reg_16(dev, + ret = ade7759_spi_read_reg_16(dev, ADE7759_MODE, &val); + if (ret < 0) + return ret; + val |= 1 << 6; /* Software Chip Reset */ ret = ade7759_spi_write_reg_16(dev, ADE7759_MODE, @@ -301,11 +304,18 @@ error_ret: /* Power down the device */ static int ade7759_stop_device(struct device *dev) { + int ret; u16 val; - ade7759_spi_read_reg_16(dev, + ret = ade7759_spi_read_reg_16(dev, ADE7759_MODE, &val); + if (ret < 0) { + dev_err(dev, "unable to power down the device, error: %d\n", + ret); + return ret; + } + val |= 1 << 4; /* AD converters can be turned off */ return ade7759_spi_write_reg_16(dev, ADE7759_MODE, val); -- 1.9.3 _______________________________________________ devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://driverdev.linuxdriverproject.org/mailman/listinfo/driverdev-devel