Nit: please don't forget a space after "gpio:" in your subject line. On Thu, Aug 27, 2015 at 6:52 AM, Nicholas Krause <xerofoify@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > This fixes error checking in the function device_pca957x_init > to properly check and return error code values from the calls > to the function pca953x_write_regs if they fail as to properly > signal callers when a error occurs due a failure when writing > registers for this gpio based device. > > Signed-off-by: Nicholas Krause <xerofoify@xxxxxxxxx> > --- > drivers/gpio/gpio-pca953x.c | 8 ++++++-- > 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/drivers/gpio/gpio-pca953x.c b/drivers/gpio/gpio-pca953x.c > index 50caeb1..4e5745d 100644 > --- a/drivers/gpio/gpio-pca953x.c > +++ b/drivers/gpio/gpio-pca953x.c > @@ -635,11 +635,15 @@ static int device_pca957x_init(struct pca953x_chip *chip, u32 invert) > memset(val, 0xFF, NBANK(chip)); > else > memset(val, 0, NBANK(chip)); > - pca953x_write_regs(chip, PCA957X_INVRT, val); > + ret = pca953x_write_regs(chip, PCA957X_INVRT, val); > + if (ret) > + goto out; > > /* To enable register 6, 7 to control pull up and pull down */ > memset(val, 0x02, NBANK(chip)); > - pca953x_write_regs(chip, PCA957X_BKEN, val); > + ret = pca953x_write_regs(chip, PCA957X_BKEN, val); > + if (ret) > + goto out; Ok, cannot hurt. Reviewed-by: Alexandre Courbot <acourbot@xxxxxxxxxx> -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-gpio" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html