There is theoretical possibility that i2c_master_send() and i2c_master_recv() may return non-negative result on error: we pass return values from i2c_xfer() unmodified to the caller, unless we transferred exactly 1 message. Let's ensure we always return negative on error. Signed-off-by: Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@xxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/i2c/i2c-core.c | 10 ++++++++-- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/i2c/i2c-core.c b/drivers/i2c/i2c-core.c index 6efeba42d10b..34b0482333f4 100644 --- a/drivers/i2c/i2c-core.c +++ b/drivers/i2c/i2c-core.c @@ -2835,7 +2835,10 @@ int i2c_master_send(const struct i2c_client *client, const void *buf, int count) * If everything went ok (i.e. 1 msg transmitted), return #bytes * transmitted, else error code. */ - return (ret == 1) ? count : ret; + if (likely(ret == 1)) + return count; + + return ret < 0 ? ret : -EIO; } EXPORT_SYMBOL(i2c_master_send); @@ -2865,7 +2868,10 @@ int i2c_master_recv(const struct i2c_client *client, void *buf, int count) * If everything went ok (i.e. 1 msg received), return #bytes received, * else error code. */ - return (ret == 1) ? count : ret; + if (likely(ret == 1)) + return count; + + return ret < 0 ? ret : -EIO; } EXPORT_SYMBOL(i2c_master_recv); -- 2.12.2.564.g063fe858b8-goog -- Dmitry -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-i2c" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html