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From: Len Brown <lenb@kernel.org>
To: akpm@linux-foundation.org
Cc: linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org, roel.kluin@gmail.com,
	jwoithe@physics.adelaide.edu.au
Subject: Re: [patch 3/9] fujitsu-laptop: fix tests of acpi_evaluate_integer() return
Date: Tue, 22 Dec 2009 15:28:45 -0500 (EST)	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <alpine.LFD.2.00.0912221515560.5153@localhost.localdomain> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200912220020.nBM0K065004744@imap1.linux-foundation.org>

NAK, this patch is incorrect

On Mon, 21 Dec 2009, akpm@linux-foundation.org wrote:

> From: Roel Kluin <roel.kluin@gmail.com>
> 
> The wrong test was used acpi_status status is unsigned.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Roel Kluin <roel.kluin@gmail.com>
> Acked-by: Jonathan Woithe <jwoithe@physics.adelaide.edu.au>
> Cc: Len Brown <lenb@kernel.org>
> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
> ---
> 
>  drivers/platform/x86/fujitsu-laptop.c |    4 ++--
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff -puN drivers/platform/x86/fujitsu-laptop.c~fujitsu-laptop-fix-tests-of-acpi_evaluate_integer-return drivers/platform/x86/fujitsu-laptop.c
> --- a/drivers/platform/x86/fujitsu-laptop.c~fujitsu-laptop-fix-tests-of-acpi_evaluate_integer-return
> +++ a/drivers/platform/x86/fujitsu-laptop.c
> @@ -376,7 +376,7 @@ static int get_lcd_level(void)
>  
>  	status =
>  	    acpi_evaluate_integer(fujitsu->acpi_handle, "GBLL", NULL, &state);
> -	if (status < 0)
> +	if (ACPI_FAILURE(status))
>  		return status;

backlight_show_actual_brightness() will stuff this return value in sysfs
no matter what you return.

I'm sure we don't want to return an acpi_status.

Looks like it should return 0 on failure, like thinkpad does.

>  
>  	fujitsu->brightness_level = state & 0x0fffffff;
> @@ -398,7 +398,7 @@ static int get_max_brightness(void)
>  
>  	status =
>  	    acpi_evaluate_integer(fujitsu->acpi_handle, "RBLL", NULL, &state);
> -	if (status < 0)
> +	if (ACPI_FAILURE(status))
>  		return status;

needs to be return -1, since show_max_brightness is testing for < 0.

>  
>  	fujitsu->max_brightness = state;
> _
> 

  reply	other threads:[~2009-12-22 20:28 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2009-12-22  0:20 [patch 3/9] fujitsu-laptop: fix tests of acpi_evaluate_integer() return akpm
2009-12-22 20:28 ` Len Brown [this message]
2009-12-22 22:45   ` [patch 3/9] fujitsu-laptop: fix tests of acpi_evaluate_integer() Jonathan Woithe

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