On Sat, Aug 01, 2020 at 01:24:39PM +0200, Saheed O. Bolarinwa wrote: > The return value of pci_read_config_*() may not indicate a device error. > However, the value read by these functions is more likely to indicate > this kind of error. This presents two overlapping ways of reporting > errors and complicates error checking. > > It is possible to move to one single way of checking for error if the > dependency on the return value of these functions is removed, then it > can later be made to return void. > > Remove all uses of the return value of pci_read_config_*(). > Check the actual value read for ~0. In this case, ~0 is an invalid > value thus it indicates some kind of error. > > Suggested-by: Bjorn Helgaas <bjorn@xxxxxxxxxxx> > Signed-off-by: Saheed O. Bolarinwa <refactormyself@xxxxxxxxx> Applied. Thanks, Guenter > --- > drivers/hwmon/i5k_amb.c | 12 ++++++++---- > drivers/hwmon/vt8231.c | 8 ++++---- > 2 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/i5k_amb.c b/drivers/hwmon/i5k_amb.c > index eeac4b04df27..b7497510323c 100644 > --- a/drivers/hwmon/i5k_amb.c > +++ b/drivers/hwmon/i5k_amb.c > @@ -427,11 +427,13 @@ static int i5k_find_amb_registers(struct i5k_amb_data *data, > if (!pcidev) > return -ENODEV; > > - if (pci_read_config_dword(pcidev, I5K_REG_AMB_BASE_ADDR, &val32)) > + pci_read_config_dword(pcidev, I5K_REG_AMB_BASE_ADDR, &val32); > + if (val32 == (u32)~0) > goto out; > data->amb_base = val32; > > - if (pci_read_config_dword(pcidev, I5K_REG_AMB_LEN_ADDR, &val32)) > + pci_read_config_dword(pcidev, I5K_REG_AMB_LEN_ADDR, &val32); > + if (val32 == (u32)~0) > goto out; > data->amb_len = val32; > > @@ -458,11 +460,13 @@ static int i5k_channel_probe(u16 *amb_present, unsigned long dev_id) > if (!pcidev) > return -ENODEV; > > - if (pci_read_config_word(pcidev, I5K_REG_CHAN0_PRESENCE_ADDR, &val16)) > + pci_read_config_word(pcidev, I5K_REG_CHAN0_PRESENCE_ADDR, &val16); > + if (val16 == (u16)~0) > goto out; > amb_present[0] = val16; > > - if (pci_read_config_word(pcidev, I5K_REG_CHAN1_PRESENCE_ADDR, &val16)) > + pci_read_config_word(pcidev, I5K_REG_CHAN1_PRESENCE_ADDR, &val16); > + if (val16 == (u16)~0) > goto out; > amb_present[1] = val16; > > diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/vt8231.c b/drivers/hwmon/vt8231.c > index 2335d440f72d..6603727e15a0 100644 > --- a/drivers/hwmon/vt8231.c > +++ b/drivers/hwmon/vt8231.c > @@ -992,8 +992,8 @@ static int vt8231_pci_probe(struct pci_dev *dev, > return -ENODEV; > } > > - if (PCIBIOS_SUCCESSFUL != pci_read_config_word(dev, VT8231_BASE_REG, > - &val)) > + pci_read_config_word(dev, VT8231_BASE_REG, &val); > + if (val == (u16)~0) > return -ENODEV; > > address = val & ~(VT8231_EXTENT - 1); > @@ -1002,8 +1002,8 @@ static int vt8231_pci_probe(struct pci_dev *dev, > return -ENODEV; > } > > - if (PCIBIOS_SUCCESSFUL != pci_read_config_word(dev, VT8231_ENABLE_REG, > - &val)) > + pci_read_config_word(dev, VT8231_ENABLE_REG, &val); > + if (val == (u16)~0) > return -ENODEV; > > if (!(val & 0x0001)) {