[patch] powerpc/fsl_rio: fix a missing error code
Dan Carpenter
dan.carpenter at oracle.com
Sat Aug 6 06:28:16 AEST 2016
On Thu, Aug 04, 2016 at 01:16:00PM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote:
> On Thu, 4 Aug 2016 08:35:25 +0300 Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter at oracle.com> wrote:
>
> > We should set the error code here. Otherwise static checkers complain.
> >
>
> hm.
>
> > --- a/arch/powerpc/sysdev/fsl_rio.c
> > +++ b/arch/powerpc/sysdev/fsl_rio.c
> > @@ -491,6 +491,7 @@ int fsl_rio_setup(struct platform_device *dev)
> > rmu_node = of_parse_phandle(dev->dev.of_node, "fsl,srio-rmu-handle", 0);
> > if (!rmu_node) {
> > dev_err(&dev->dev, "No valid fsl,srio-rmu-handle property\n");
> > + rc = -ENOENT;
> > goto err_rmu;
> > }
> > rc = of_address_to_resource(rmu_node, 0, &rmu_regs);
>
> afaict the function will return 0 in this case, which is a flat out
> bug. But why do static checkers complain? The code will return a
> suitably initialized value?
>
> IOW, please always quote the checker/compiler output when fixing a bug!
Coccinelle has a check for missing error codes and I'm working on one
for Smatch as well.
regards,
dan carpenter
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