wait_for_completion_timeout returns unsigned long not int so the check for <= 0 should be == 0 here, and the type unsigned long. The function return is set to -ETIMEDOUT to reflect the actual problem. Signed-off-by: Nicholas Mc Guire <hofrat@xxxxxxxxx> --- the only call site of pic32_sqi_one_messag() is in drivers/spi/spi.c:__spi_pump_messages() (via struct spi_master master->transfer_one_message) which is checking for non-zero return only so technically -EIO is fine, for consistency this should probably be -ETIMEDOUT though. Compile tested with: pic32mzda_defconfig + CONFIG_SPI=y, CONFIG_SPI_PIC32_SQI=m Patch is against 4.7.0-rc7 (localversion-next -next-20160719) drivers/spi/spi-pic32-sqi.c | 7 ++++--- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/spi/spi-pic32-sqi.c b/drivers/spi/spi-pic32-sqi.c index ca3c8d9..c41abdd 100644 --- a/drivers/spi/spi-pic32-sqi.c +++ b/drivers/spi/spi-pic32-sqi.c @@ -354,6 +354,7 @@ static int pic32_sqi_one_message(struct spi_master *master, struct spi_transfer *xfer; struct pic32_sqi *sqi; int ret = 0, mode; + unsigned long timeout; u32 val; sqi = spi_master_get_devdata(master); @@ -419,10 +420,10 @@ static int pic32_sqi_one_message(struct spi_master *master, writel(val, sqi->regs + PESQI_BD_CTRL_REG); /* wait for xfer completion */ - ret = wait_for_completion_timeout(&sqi->xfer_done, 5 * HZ); - if (ret <= 0) { + timeout = wait_for_completion_timeout(&sqi->xfer_done, 5 * HZ); + if (timeout == 0) { dev_err(&sqi->master->dev, "wait timedout/interrupted\n"); - ret = -EIO; + ret = -ETIMEDOUT; msg->status = ret; } else { /* success */ -- 2.1.4 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-spi" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html