Re: [PATCH] iio: hid-sensors: Fix an error handling path in _hid_sensor_set_report_latency()

[Jonathan Cameron <jic23@kernel.org>]

On Thu,  3 Oct 2024 20:41:12 +0200
Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@wanadoo.fr> wrote:

> If hid_sensor_set_report_latency() fails, the error code should be returned
> instead of a value likely to be interpreted as 'success'.
> 
> Fixes: 138bc7969c24 ("iio: hid-sensor-hub: Implement batch mode")
> Signed-off-by: Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@wanadoo.fr>
> ---
> This patch is speculative.
> 
> The code just *looks* wrong to me. No strong opinion, if it is done on
> purpose or not.
Agreed it smells :)  But I'd like more eyes on this before I take the fix
as maybe there is something subtle going on.

J
> ---
>  drivers/iio/common/hid-sensors/hid-sensor-trigger.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/iio/common/hid-sensors/hid-sensor-trigger.c b/drivers/iio/common/hid-sensors/hid-sensor-trigger.c
> index ad8910e6ad59..abb09fefc792 100644
> --- a/drivers/iio/common/hid-sensors/hid-sensor-trigger.c
> +++ b/drivers/iio/common/hid-sensors/hid-sensor-trigger.c
> @@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ static ssize_t _hid_sensor_set_report_latency(struct device *dev,
>  	latency = integer * 1000 + fract / 1000;
>  	ret = hid_sensor_set_report_latency(attrb, latency);
>  	if (ret < 0)
> -		return len;
> +		return ret;
>  
>  	attrb->latency_ms = hid_sensor_get_report_latency(attrb);
>