Don't return the confusing -EIO error code when the device is not registered, instead return -ENODEV which is the proper thing to do in this situation. Signed-off-by: Hans Verkuil <hans.verkuil@xxxxxxxxx> --- diff --git a/drivers/staging/media/cec/cec-api.c b/drivers/staging/media/cec/cec-api.c index 7be7615..049f171 100644 --- a/drivers/staging/media/cec/cec-api.c +++ b/drivers/staging/media/cec/cec-api.c @@ -435,7 +435,7 @@ static long cec_ioctl(struct file *filp, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg) void __user *parg = (void __user *)arg; if (!devnode->registered) - return -EIO; + return -ENODEV; switch (cmd) { case CEC_ADAP_G_CAPS: -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-media" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html