This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled Input: sentelic - fix error return when fsp_reg_write fails to the 4.9-stable tree which can be found at: http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary The filename of the patch is: input-sentelic-fix-error-return-when-fsp_reg_write-f.patch and it can be found in the queue-4.9 subdirectory. If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree, please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it. commit 1202a473ef328b72e964d984434759517f0cc00e Author: Colin Ian King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Thu Aug 6 15:35:34 2020 -0700 Input: sentelic - fix error return when fsp_reg_write fails [ Upstream commit ea38f06e0291986eb93beb6d61fd413607a30ca4 ] Currently when the call to fsp_reg_write fails -EIO is not being returned because the count is being returned instead of the return value in retval. Fix this by returning the value in retval instead of count. Addresses-Coverity: ("Unused value") Fixes: fc69f4a6af49 ("Input: add new driver for Sentelic Finger Sensing Pad") Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20200603141218.131663-1-colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx> diff --git a/drivers/input/mouse/sentelic.c b/drivers/input/mouse/sentelic.c index 11c32ac8234b2..779d0b9341c0d 100644 --- a/drivers/input/mouse/sentelic.c +++ b/drivers/input/mouse/sentelic.c @@ -454,7 +454,7 @@ static ssize_t fsp_attr_set_setreg(struct psmouse *psmouse, void *data, fsp_reg_write_enable(psmouse, false); - return count; + return retval; } PSMOUSE_DEFINE_WO_ATTR(setreg, S_IWUSR, NULL, fsp_attr_set_setreg);