Return a negative error code on failure. A simplified version of the semantic match that finds this problem is as follows: (http://coccinelle.lip6.fr/) // <smpl> @@ identifier ret; expression e1,e2; @@ ( if (\(ret < 0\|ret != 0\)) { ... return ret; } | ret = 0 ) ... when != ret = e1 when != &ret *if(...) { ... when != ret = e2 when forall return ret; } // </smpl> Signed-off-by: Julia Lawall <Julia.Lawall@xxxxxxx> --- drivers/hid/hid-logitech-hidpp.c | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) diff --git a/drivers/hid/hid-logitech-hidpp.c b/drivers/hid/hid-logitech-hidpp.c index e77658c..ce9819f 100644 --- a/drivers/hid/hid-logitech-hidpp.c +++ b/drivers/hid/hid-logitech-hidpp.c @@ -1210,6 +1210,7 @@ static int hidpp_probe(struct hid_device *hdev, const struct hid_device_id *id) connected = hidpp_is_connected(hidpp); if (id->group != HID_GROUP_LOGITECH_DJ_DEVICE) { if (!connected) { + ret = -ENODEV; hid_err(hdev, "Device not connected"); hid_device_io_stop(hdev); goto hid_parse_fail; -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-input" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html