From: Matt Fornero <matt.fornero@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> If an IIO device returns an error code for a read access via debugfs, it is currently ignored by the IIO core (other than emitting an error message). Instead, return this error code to user space, so upper layers can detect it correctly. Signed-off-by: Matt Fornero <matt.fornero@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/iio/industrialio-core.c | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/iio/industrialio-core.c b/drivers/iio/industrialio-core.c index 7a5aa127c52e..9c4cfd19b739 100644 --- a/drivers/iio/industrialio-core.c +++ b/drivers/iio/industrialio-core.c @@ -310,8 +310,10 @@ static ssize_t iio_debugfs_read_reg(struct file *file, char __user *userbuf, ret = indio_dev->info->debugfs_reg_access(indio_dev, indio_dev->cached_reg_addr, 0, &val); - if (ret) + if (ret) { dev_err(indio_dev->dev.parent, "%s: read failed\n", __func__); + return ret; + } len = snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), "0x%X\n", val); -- 2.11.0 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-iio" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html