[PATCH v2 10/10] staging: rtl8188eu: return an error code, not a boolean

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"If the name of a function is an action or an imperative command,
the function should return an error-code integer." (Documentation/CodingStyle)

Several action-like functions in this driver return a boolean: _SUCCESS = 1 on
success, _FAIL = 0 on error, defined in
drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/include/osdep_service.h.

Change rtw_start_drv_threads() to return a proper 0-or-error value.

Signed-off-by: Luca Ceresoli <luca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx>

---

I think _SUCCESS and _FAIL should be totally eradicated and replaced with
proper error codes and my intent is to do it all over the codebase.
However, since that would be a massive change, I'm sending this small
patch to get some feedback. Should the idea be accepted, I'd go on.

Changes since v1:
 - Use a variable properly named "err" and properly typed [signed] int to store
   the error return value. This adds a variable, but the existing "status"
   variable will be removed at some point when converting all functions to
   a proper return value. (reported by Dan Carpenter)
---
 drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/os_dep/os_intfs.c | 13 +++++++------
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/os_dep/os_intfs.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/os_dep/os_intfs.c
index d411e18..2e96234 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/os_dep/os_intfs.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/os_dep/os_intfs.c
@@ -752,21 +752,21 @@ struct net_device *rtw_init_netdev(struct adapter *old_padapter)
 	return pnetdev;
 }
 
-static u32 rtw_start_drv_threads(struct adapter *padapter)
+static int rtw_start_drv_threads(struct adapter *padapter)
 {
-	u32 _status = _SUCCESS;
+	int err = 0;
 
 	RT_TRACE(_module_os_intfs_c_, _drv_info_, ("+rtw_start_drv_threads\n"));
 
 	padapter->cmdThread = kthread_run(rtw_cmd_thread, padapter,
 					  "RTW_CMD_THREAD");
 	if (IS_ERR(padapter->cmdThread))
-		_status = _FAIL;
+		err = PTR_ERR(padapter->cmdThread);
 	else
 		/* wait for cmd_thread to run */
 		_rtw_down_sema(&padapter->cmdpriv.terminate_cmdthread_sema);
 
-	return _status;
+	return err;
 }
 
 void rtw_stop_drv_threads(struct adapter *padapter)
@@ -979,6 +979,7 @@ u8 rtw_free_drv_sw(struct adapter *padapter)
 static int _netdev_open(struct net_device *pnetdev)
 {
 	uint status;
+	int err;
 	struct adapter *padapter = (struct adapter *)rtw_netdev_priv(pnetdev);
 	struct pwrctrl_priv *pwrctrlpriv = &padapter->pwrctrlpriv;
 
@@ -1002,8 +1003,8 @@ static int _netdev_open(struct net_device *pnetdev)
 
 		pr_info("MAC Address = %pM\n", pnetdev->dev_addr);
 
-		status = rtw_start_drv_threads(padapter);
-		if (status == _FAIL) {
+		err = rtw_start_drv_threads(padapter);
+		if (err) {
 			pr_info("Initialize driver software resource Failed!\n");
 			goto netdev_open_error;
 		}
-- 
1.9.1

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