If the data received is not what is expected, we should return an error. Otherwise, we return 0 or a positive value which will be interpreted as success, but '*read_val' has not been updated. Fixes: 73196ebe134d ("HID: alps: add support for Alps T4 Touchpad device") Signed-off-by: Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@xxxxxxxxxx> --- Untested --- drivers/hid/hid-alps.c | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) diff --git a/drivers/hid/hid-alps.c b/drivers/hid/hid-alps.c index b1eeb4839bfc..925396fdf0d9 100644 --- a/drivers/hid/hid-alps.c +++ b/drivers/hid/hid-alps.c @@ -219,6 +219,8 @@ static int t4_read_write_register(struct hid_device *hdev, u32 address, goto exit_readbuf; } + ret = -EINVAL; + if (*(u32 *)&readbuf[6] != address) { dev_err(&hdev->dev, "read register address error (%x,%x)\n", *(u32 *)&readbuf[6], address); -- 2.14.1 -- 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