From: Tabrez Ahmed <tabreztalks@gmail.com>
To: Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net>
Cc: linux-hwmon@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Shuah Khan <shuah@kernel.org>,
Brigham Campbell <me@brighamcampbell.com>,
Tabrez Ahmed <tabreztalks@gmail.com>
Subject: [PATCH v2] hwmon: (ads7871) Fix incorrect error code in voltage_show
Date: Sat, 7 Mar 2026 17:22:26 +0530 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260307115226.25757-1-tabreztalks@gmail.com> (raw)
The voltage_show() function returns -1 when the A/D conversion
fails to complete within the polling loop. -1 maps to -EPERM
(operation not permitted), which does not describe the actual
failure.
Replace this -1 error code with -ETIMEDOUT to better indicate
the timeout condition to userspace.
Drop the else block after return.
Note: not runtime tested due to lack of hardware.
Signed-off-by: Tabrez Ahmed <tabreztalks@gmail.com>
---
Changes in v2:
- Dropped unnecessary 'else' block after return as suggested by Guenter Roeck.
Note: This patch applies on top of my previously submitted patch:
"hwmon: (ads7871) Replace sprintf() with sysfs_emit()"
drivers/hwmon/ads7871.c | 4 ++--
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/ads7871.c b/drivers/hwmon/ads7871.c
index b84426c940c5e..753bf77ce19b4 100644
--- a/drivers/hwmon/ads7871.c
+++ b/drivers/hwmon/ads7871.c
@@ -125,9 +125,9 @@ static ssize_t voltage_show(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *da,
/*result in volts*10000 = (val/8192)*2.5*10000*/
val = ((val >> 2) * 25000) / 8192;
return sysfs_emit(buf, "%d\n", val);
- } else {
- return -1;
}
+
+ return -ETIMEDOUT;
}
static SENSOR_DEVICE_ATTR_RO(in0_input, voltage, 0);
--
2.43.0
next reply other threads:[~2026-03-07 11:52 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-03-07 11:52 Tabrez Ahmed [this message]
2026-03-08 1:21 ` [PATCH v2] hwmon: (ads7871) Fix incorrect error code in voltage_show Guenter Roeck
2026-03-08 1:24 ` Guenter Roeck
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