The patch titled asus-laptop: fix incorrect return value for write_acpi_int_ret if handle is NULL has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is asus-laptop-fix-incorrect-return-value-for-write_acpi_int_ret-if-handle-is-null.patch Before you just go and hit "reply", please: a) Consider who else should be cc'ed b) Prefer to cc a suitable mailing list as well c) Ideally: find the original patch on the mailing list and do a reply-to-all to that, adding suitable additional cc's *** Remember to use Documentation/SubmitChecklist when testing your code *** See http://userweb.kernel.org/~akpm/stuff/added-to-mm.txt to find out what to do about this The current -mm tree may be found at http://userweb.kernel.org/~akpm/mmotm/ ------------------------------------------------------ Subject: asus-laptop: fix incorrect return value for write_acpi_int_ret if handle is NULL From: Axel Lin <axel.lin@xxxxxxxxx> According to the comments of write_acpi_int_ret(), write_acpi_int_ret() should return 0 if write is successful, -1 else. Thus if handle is NULL, the write does not happen, it should return -1. Signed-off-by: Axel Lin <axel.lin@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Matthew Garrett <mjg@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Corentin Chary <corentincj@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Alan Jenkins <alan-jenkins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/platform/x86/asus-laptop.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff -puN drivers/platform/x86/asus-laptop.c~asus-laptop-fix-incorrect-return-value-for-write_acpi_int_ret-if-handle-is-null drivers/platform/x86/asus-laptop.c --- a/drivers/platform/x86/asus-laptop.c~asus-laptop-fix-incorrect-return-value-for-write_acpi_int_ret-if-handle-is-null +++ a/drivers/platform/x86/asus-laptop.c @@ -297,7 +297,7 @@ static int write_acpi_int_ret(acpi_handl acpi_status status; if (!handle) - return 0; + return -1; params.count = 1; params.pointer = &in_obj; _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from axel.lin@xxxxxxxxx are linux-next.patch hp-wmi-return-enodev-if-bios-does-not-export-any-supported-hp-wmi-guid.patch fujitsu-laptop-remove-unnecessary-input_free_device-calls.patch compal-laptop-fujitsu-laptop-msi-laptop-make-dmi_check_cb-to-return-1-instead-of-0.patch asus_acpi-fix-a-memory-leak-in-asus_hotk_get_info.patch asus_acpi-fix-coding-style-to-improve-readability.patch acerhdf-make-needlessly-global-symbols-static.patch classmate-laptop-make-needlessly-global-symbols-static.patch fujitsu-laptop-make-needlessly-global-symbols-static.patch msi-laptop-make-struct-rfkill_ops-const.patch asus-laptop-fix-incorrect-return-value-for-write_acpi_int_ret-if-handle-is-null.patch asus-laptop-return-proper-error-for-store_ledd-if-write_acpi_int-fail.patch intel_menlow-fix-memory-leaks-in-error-path-fix.patch drivers-video-backlight-s6e63m0c-set-permissions-on-gamma_table-file-to-0444.patch -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe mm-commits" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html