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, 7 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/staging/unisys/visorbus/visorchipset.c b/drivers/staging/unisys/visorbus/visorchipset.c index 00fd02f..b09ef4c 100644 --- a/drivers/staging/unisys/visorbus/visorchipset.c +++ b/drivers/staging/unisys/visorbus/visorchipset.c @@ -170,11 +170,14 @@ static ssize_t error_show(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr, char *buf) { u32 error = 0; + int err; - visorchannel_read(chipset_dev->controlvm_channel, - offsetof(struct spar_controlvm_channel_protocol, - installation_error), - &error, sizeof(u32)); + err = visorchannel_read(chipset_dev->controlvm_channel, + offsetof(struct spar_controlvm_channel_protocol, + installation_error), + &error, sizeof(u32)); + if (err) + return err; return sprintf(buf, "%i\n", error); } -- git-series 0.9.1 _______________________________________________ devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://driverdev.linuxdriverproject.org/mailman/listinfo/driverdev-devel