From: Corey Minyard <cminyard@xxxxxxxxxx> commit 95767ed78a181d5404202627499f9cde56053b96 upstream. The resend_msg() function cannot fail, but there was error handling around using it. Rework the handling of the error, and fix the out of retries debug reporting that was wrong around this, too. Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Corey Minyard <cminyard@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_ssif.c | 28 +++++++--------------------- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-) --- a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_ssif.c +++ b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_ssif.c @@ -602,7 +602,7 @@ static void ssif_alert(struct i2c_client start_get(ssif_info); } -static int start_resend(struct ssif_info *ssif_info); +static void start_resend(struct ssif_info *ssif_info); static void msg_done_handler(struct ssif_info *ssif_info, int result, unsigned char *data, unsigned int len) @@ -909,31 +909,17 @@ static void msg_written_handler(struct s if (result < 0) { ssif_info->retries_left--; if (ssif_info->retries_left > 0) { - if (!start_resend(ssif_info)) { - ssif_inc_stat(ssif_info, send_retries); - return; - } - /* request failed, just return the error. */ - ssif_inc_stat(ssif_info, send_errors); - - if (ssif_info->ssif_debug & SSIF_DEBUG_MSG) - dev_dbg(&ssif_info->client->dev, - "%s: Out of retries\n", __func__); - msg_done_handler(ssif_info, -EIO, NULL, 0); + start_resend(ssif_info); return; } ssif_inc_stat(ssif_info, send_errors); - /* - * Got an error on transmit, let the done routine - * handle it. - */ if (ssif_info->ssif_debug & SSIF_DEBUG_MSG) dev_dbg(&ssif_info->client->dev, - "%s: Error %d\n", __func__, result); + "%s: Out of retries\n", __func__); - msg_done_handler(ssif_info, result, NULL, 0); + msg_done_handler(ssif_info, -EIO, NULL, 0); return; } @@ -996,7 +982,7 @@ static void msg_written_handler(struct s } } -static int start_resend(struct ssif_info *ssif_info) +static void start_resend(struct ssif_info *ssif_info) { int command; @@ -1021,7 +1007,6 @@ static int start_resend(struct ssif_info ssif_i2c_send(ssif_info, msg_written_handler, I2C_SMBUS_WRITE, command, ssif_info->data, I2C_SMBUS_BLOCK_DATA); - return 0; } static int start_send(struct ssif_info *ssif_info, @@ -1036,7 +1021,8 @@ static int start_send(struct ssif_info * ssif_info->retries_left = SSIF_SEND_RETRIES; memcpy(ssif_info->data + 1, data, len); ssif_info->data_len = len; - return start_resend(ssif_info); + start_resend(ssif_info); + return 0; } /* Must be called with the message lock held. */