Don't just drop the error from visorchannel_read on the floor, report it. Signed-off-by: David Kershner <david.kershner@xxxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Reviewed-by: Tim Sell <timothy.sell@xxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/staging/unisys/visorbus/visorchipset.c | 11 ++++++++--- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/staging/unisys/visorbus/visorchipset.c b/drivers/staging/unisys/visorbus/visorchipset.c index cb8c6f9..543218f 100644 --- a/drivers/staging/unisys/visorbus/visorchipset.c +++ b/drivers/staging/unisys/visorbus/visorchipset.c @@ -91,10 +91,15 @@ static ssize_t toolaction_show(struct device *dev, char *buf) { u8 tool_action = 0; + int err; + + err = visorchannel_read(chipset_dev->controlvm_channel, + offsetof(struct spar_controlvm_channel_protocol, + tool_action), + &tool_action, sizeof(u8)); + if (err) + return err; - visorchannel_read(chipset_dev->controlvm_channel, - offsetof(struct spar_controlvm_channel_protocol, - tool_action), &tool_action, sizeof(u8)); return sprintf(buf, "%u\n", tool_action); } -- git-series 0.9.1 _______________________________________________ devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://driverdev.linuxdriverproject.org/mailman/listinfo/driverdev-devel