Re: [PATCH 1/5] drivers/media/platform/davinci/vpbe.c: fix error return code

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Hi Peter,

On Tue, Sep 4, 2012 at 1:14 PM, Peter Senna Tschudin
<peter.senna@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> From: Peter Senna Tschudin <peter.senna@xxxxxxxxx>
>
> Convert a nonnegative error return code to a negative one, as returned
> elsewhere in the function.
>
> A simplified version of the semantic match that finds this problem is as
> follows: (http://coccinelle.lip6.fr/)
>
> // <smpl>
> (
> if@p1 (\(ret < 0\|ret != 0\))
>  { ... return ret; }
> |
> ret@p1 = 0
> )
> ... when != ret = e1
>     when != &ret
> *if(...)
> {
>   ... when != ret = e2
>       when forall
>  return ret;
> }
>
> // </smpl>
>
> Signed-off-by: Peter Senna Tschudin <peter.senna@xxxxxxxxx>
>
> ---
>  drivers/media/platform/davinci/vpbe.c |   13 ++++++-------
>  1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/media/platform/davinci/vpbe.c b/drivers/media/platform/davinci/vpbe.c
> index c4a82a1..2e4a0da 100644
> --- a/drivers/media/platform/davinci/vpbe.c
> +++ b/drivers/media/platform/davinci/vpbe.c
> @@ -603,7 +603,6 @@ static int vpbe_initialize(struct device *dev, struct vpbe_device *vpbe_dev)
>         int output_index;
>         int num_encoders;
>         int ret = 0;
> -       int err;
>         int i;
>
>         /*
> @@ -646,10 +645,10 @@ static int vpbe_initialize(struct device *dev, struct vpbe_device *vpbe_dev)
>         }
>         v4l2_info(&vpbe_dev->v4l2_dev, "vpbe v4l2 device registered\n");
>
> -       err = bus_for_each_dev(&platform_bus_type, NULL, vpbe_dev,
> +       ret = bus_for_each_dev(&platform_bus_type, NULL, vpbe_dev,
>                                platform_device_get);
> -       if (err < 0)
> -               return err;
> +       if (ret < 0)
> +               return ret;

This should be "goto somewhere" (probably vbpe_fail_v4l2_device),
instead of "return".
There are several tasks done (like locking a mutex) that need to be undone.

Actually, this bug is not directly related to *this* patch, so you
could send another patch
fixing this.

Regards,
Ezequiel.
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