There is a confusing pattern in the kernel to use a variable named 'timeout' to store the result of wait_for_completion_timeout() causing patterns like: timeout = wait_for_completion_timeout(...) if (!timeout) return -ETIMEDOUT; with all kinds of permutations. Use 'time_left' as a variable to make the code self explaining. Signed-off-by: Wolfram Sang <wsa+renesas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-synquacer.c | 8 ++++---- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-synquacer.c b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-synquacer.c index bbea521b05dd..bf9bcfefa30e 100644 --- a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-synquacer.c +++ b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-synquacer.c @@ -311,7 +311,7 @@ static int synquacer_i2c_doxfer(struct synquacer_i2c *i2c, struct i2c_msg *msgs, int num) { unsigned char bsr; - unsigned long timeout; + unsigned long time_left; int ret; synquacer_i2c_hw_init(i2c); @@ -335,9 +335,9 @@ static int synquacer_i2c_doxfer(struct synquacer_i2c *i2c, return ret; } - timeout = wait_for_completion_timeout(&i2c->completion, - msecs_to_jiffies(i2c->timeout_ms)); - if (timeout == 0) { + time_left = wait_for_completion_timeout(&i2c->completion, + msecs_to_jiffies(i2c->timeout_ms)); + if (time_left == 0) { dev_dbg(i2c->dev, "timeout\n"); return -EAGAIN; } -- 2.43.0