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From: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@infradead.org>
To: Tobias Lorenz <tobias.lorenz@gmx.net>
Cc: Roel Kluin <roel.kluin@gmail.com>,
	linux-media@vger.kernel.org,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] radio-si470x-common: -EINVAL overwritten in si470x_vidioc_s_tuner()
Date: Wed, 03 Feb 2010 23:34:36 -0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4B6A242C.8060104@infradead.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <201002032252.36514.tobias.lorenz@gmx.net>

Tobias Lorenz wrote:
> Hello Roel,
> 
> no, the default value of retval makes no difference to the function.
> 
> Retval is set by si470x_disconnect_check and si470x_set_register.
> After each call, retval is checked.
> There is no need to reset it passed.
> 
> The only reason, there is a default value is my static code checker, saying variables should have default values.
> Setting it to -EINVAL seems more reasonable to me than setting it 0.
> In fact the patch would bring up the warning on setting default values again.

Well, your static code checker is then broken ;)

>>  	struct si470x_device *radio = video_drvdata(file);
>> -	int retval = -EINVAL;
>> +	int retval;
>>  
>>  	/* safety checks */
>>  	retval = si470x_disconnect_check(radio);

You may just do then:

	int retval = si470x_disconnect_check(radio);

>>  	if (retval)
>>  		goto done;
>> +	retval = -EINVAL;
>>  
>>  	if (tuner->index != 0)
>>  		goto done;
>>
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-- 

Cheers,
Mauro

  reply	other threads:[~2010-02-04  1:34 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2010-02-03 19:48 [PATCH] radio-si470x-common: -EINVAL overwritten in si470x_vidioc_s_tuner() Roel Kluin
2010-02-03 21:52 ` Tobias Lorenz
2010-02-04  1:34   ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab [this message]
2010-02-18 19:50     ` Tobias Lorenz
2010-02-24  5:12       ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab

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