The 104-QUAD-8 only has two count modes where a ceiling value makes sense: Range Limit and Modulo-N. Outside of these two modes, setting a ceiling value is an invalid operation -- so let's report it as such by returning -EINVAL. Fixes: fc069262261c ("counter: 104-quad-8: Add lock guards - generic interface") Cc: Syed Nayyar Waris <syednwaris@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: William Breathitt Gray <vilhelm.gray@xxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/counter/104-quad-8.c | 5 +++-- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/counter/104-quad-8.c b/drivers/counter/104-quad-8.c index 4bb9abffae48..233a3acc1377 100644 --- a/drivers/counter/104-quad-8.c +++ b/drivers/counter/104-quad-8.c @@ -714,13 +714,14 @@ static ssize_t quad8_count_ceiling_write(struct counter_device *counter, switch (priv->count_mode[count->id]) { case 1: case 3: + mutex_unlock(&priv->lock); quad8_preset_register_set(priv, count->id, ceiling); - break; + return len; } mutex_unlock(&priv->lock); - return len; + return -EINVAL; } static ssize_t quad8_count_preset_enable_read(struct counter_device *counter, -- 2.30.1