Return the value returned by the failing function instead of -1 (which does not convey the right error information). Fixes the following smatch warning: drivers/tty/serial/samsung.c:1687 s3c24xx_serial_modinit() info: why not propagate 'ret' from uart_register_driver() instead of -1? Signed-off-by: Sachin Kamat <sachin.kamat@xxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/tty/serial/samsung.c | 2 +- 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/samsung.c b/drivers/tty/serial/samsung.c index bdaa06f..8eef114 100644 --- a/drivers/tty/serial/samsung.c +++ b/drivers/tty/serial/samsung.c @@ -1684,7 +1684,7 @@ static int __init s3c24xx_serial_modinit(void) ret = uart_register_driver(&s3c24xx_uart_drv); if (ret < 0) { pr_err("Failed to register Samsung UART driver\n"); - return -1; + return ret; } return platform_driver_register(&samsung_serial_driver); -- 1.7.4.1 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-serial" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html