Hi Sachin, On Wed, Sep 12, 2012 at 09:59:38AM +0530, Sachin Kamat wrote: > Hi Fengguang, > > Thanks for bringing this to my notice. I compile tested this patch > using the latest (11 Sep 2012) linux-next tree. > Unfortunately I cannot not understand the meaning of these smatch warnings. > Could you please simplify them for me? I think the warnings can be quieted by - return -ENODEV; + return err; Thanks, Fengguang > On 12 September 2012 09:50, Fengguang Wu <fengguang.wu@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Hi Sachin, > > > > FYI, there are new smatch warnings show up in > > > > tree: git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/cooloney/linux-leds.git for-next > > head: 2829515a5fb5ceccb4021d819c3d7d0ecaab86eb > > commit: 2829515a5fb5ceccb4021d819c3d7d0ecaab86eb [18/18] leds-lm3530: Use devm_regulator_get function > > > > All smatch warnings: > > > > drivers/leds/leds-lm3530.c:361 lm3530_mode_set() info: why not propagate 'mode' from lm3530_get_mode_from_str() instead of -22? > > + drivers/leds/leds-lm3530.c:432 lm3530_probe() info: why not propagate 'err' from lm3530_init_registers() instead of -19? > > + drivers/leds/leds-lm3530.c:438 lm3530_probe() info: why not propagate 'err' from led_classdev_register() instead of -19? > > > > vim +432 drivers/leds/leds-lm3530.c > > 422 err = PTR_ERR(drvdata->regulator); > > 423 drvdata->regulator = NULL; > > 424 return err; > > 425 } > > 426 > > 427 if (drvdata->pdata->brt_val) { > > 428 err = lm3530_init_registers(drvdata); > > 429 if (err < 0) { > > 430 dev_err(&client->dev, > > 431 "Register Init failed: %d\n", err); > > > 432 return -ENODEV; > > 433 } > > 434 } > > 435 err = led_classdev_register(&client->dev, &drvdata->led_dev); > > 436 if (err < 0) { > > 437 dev_err(&client->dev, "Register led class failed: %d\n", err); > > 438 return -ENODEV; > > 439 } > > 440 > > 441 err = device_create_file(drvdata->led_dev.dev, &dev_attr_mode); > > 442 if (err < 0) { > > > > --- > > 0-DAY kernel build testing backend Open Source Technology Centre > > Fengguang Wu <wfg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Intel Corporation > > > > -- > With warm regards, > Sachin -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kernel-janitors" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html