FAILED: patch "[PATCH] dmaengine: sh: rcar-dmac: Check for error num after" failed to apply to 4.14-stable tree

[<gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>]

The patch below does not apply to the 4.14-stable tree.
If someone wants it applied there, or to any other stable or longterm
tree, then please email the backport, including the original git commit
id to <stable@vger.kernel.org>.

thanks,

greg k-h

------------------ original commit in Linus's tree ------------------

From da2ad87fba0891576aadda9161b8505fde81a84d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jiasheng Jiang <jiasheng@iscas.ac.cn>
Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2022 09:12:39 +0800
Subject: [PATCH] dmaengine: sh: rcar-dmac: Check for error num after
 dma_set_max_seg_size

As the possible failure of the dma_set_max_seg_size(), it should be
better to check the return value of the dma_set_max_seg_size().

Fixes: 97d49c59e219 ("dmaengine: rcar-dmac: set scatter/gather max segment size")
Reported-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@glider.be>
Signed-off-by: Jiasheng Jiang <jiasheng@iscas.ac.cn>
Reviewed-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@glider.be>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220111011239.452837-1-jiasheng@iscas.ac.cn
Signed-off-by: Vinod Koul <vkoul@kernel.org>

diff --git a/drivers/dma/sh/rcar-dmac.c b/drivers/dma/sh/rcar-dmac.c
index 4a34ddd9c1c6..13d12d660cc2 100644
--- a/drivers/dma/sh/rcar-dmac.c
+++ b/drivers/dma/sh/rcar-dmac.c
@@ -1868,7 +1868,10 @@ static int rcar_dmac_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 
 	dmac->dev = &pdev->dev;
 	platform_set_drvdata(pdev, dmac);
-	dma_set_max_seg_size(dmac->dev, RCAR_DMATCR_MASK);
+	ret = dma_set_max_seg_size(dmac->dev, RCAR_DMATCR_MASK);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
+
 	ret = dma_set_mask_and_coherent(dmac->dev, DMA_BIT_MASK(40));
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;