Return type of wait_for_completion_timeout is unsigned long not int. An appropriately named unsigned long is added, and the assignments as well as error checking fixed up. API conformance testing for completions with coccinelle spatches are being used to locate API usage inconsistencies: ./drivers/net/wireless/ath/carl9170/usb.c:675 int return assigned to unsigned long Patch was compile tested with x86_64_defconfig + CONFIG_ATH_CARDS=m, CONFIG_CARL9170=m Patch is against 4.1-rc3 (localversion-next is -next-20150512) Signed-off-by: Nicholas Mc Guire <hofrat@xxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/net/wireless/ath/carl9170/usb.c | 5 +++-- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/carl9170/usb.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/carl9170/usb.c index c9f9331..76842e6 100644 --- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/carl9170/usb.c +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/carl9170/usb.c @@ -651,6 +651,7 @@ int carl9170_exec_cmd(struct ar9170 *ar, const enum carl9170_cmd_oids cmd, unsigned int plen, void *payload, unsigned int outlen, void *out) { int err = -ENOMEM; + unsigned long time_left; if (!IS_ACCEPTING_CMD(ar)) return -EIO; @@ -672,8 +673,8 @@ int carl9170_exec_cmd(struct ar9170 *ar, const enum carl9170_cmd_oids cmd, err = __carl9170_exec_cmd(ar, &ar->cmd, false); if (!(cmd & CARL9170_CMD_ASYNC_FLAG)) { - err = wait_for_completion_timeout(&ar->cmd_wait, HZ); - if (err == 0) { + time_left = wait_for_completion_timeout(&ar->cmd_wait, HZ); + if (time_left == 0) { err = -ETIMEDOUT; goto err_unbuf; } -- 1.7.10.4 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireless" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html