wait_for_completion_timeout() returns unsigned long not int. It returns 0 if timed out, and positive if completed. The check for <= 0 is ambiguous and should be == 0 here indicating timeout which is the only error case. Fixes: 3cef2e31b54b ("iio: proximity: vl53l0x: Add IRQ support") Signed-off-by: Miaoqian Lin <linmq006@xxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/iio/proximity/vl53l0x-i2c.c | 7 +++---- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/iio/proximity/vl53l0x-i2c.c b/drivers/iio/proximity/vl53l0x-i2c.c index 661a79ea200d..a284b20529fb 100644 --- a/drivers/iio/proximity/vl53l0x-i2c.c +++ b/drivers/iio/proximity/vl53l0x-i2c.c @@ -104,6 +104,7 @@ static int vl53l0x_read_proximity(struct vl53l0x_data *data, u16 tries = 20; u8 buffer[12]; int ret; + unsigned long time_left; ret = i2c_smbus_write_byte_data(client, VL_REG_SYSRANGE_START, 1); if (ret < 0) @@ -112,10 +113,8 @@ static int vl53l0x_read_proximity(struct vl53l0x_data *data, if (data->client->irq) { reinit_completion(&data->completion); - ret = wait_for_completion_timeout(&data->completion, HZ/10); - if (ret < 0) - return ret; - else if (ret == 0) + time_left = wait_for_completion_timeout(&data->completion, HZ/10); + if (time_left == 0) return -ETIMEDOUT; vl53l0x_clear_irq(data); -- 2.17.1