Re: [PATCH v1 1/1] iio: Fix iio_multiply_value use in iio_read_channel_processed_scale

[Hans de Goede <hansg@kernel.org>]

Hi,

On 16-Apr-26 13:14, Svyatoslav Ryhel wrote:
> The function iio_multiply_value returns IIO_VAL_INT (1) on success or a
> negative error number on failure, while iio_read_channel_processed_scale
> should return an error code or 0. This creates a situation where the
> expected result is treated as an error. Fix this by checking the
> iio_multiply_value result separately, instead of passing it as a return
> value.
> 
> Fixes: 05f958d003c9 ("iio: Improve iio_read_channel_processed_scale() precision")
> Signed-off-by: Svyatoslav Ryhel <clamor95@gmail.com>

Thank you, good catch:

Reviewed-by: Hans de Goede <johannes.goede@oss.qualcomm.com>

Regards,

Hans



> ---
>  drivers/iio/inkern.c | 6 +++++-
>  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/iio/inkern.c b/drivers/iio/inkern.c
> index 0df0ab3de270..9ce20cb05a9b 100644
> --- a/drivers/iio/inkern.c
> +++ b/drivers/iio/inkern.c
> @@ -738,7 +738,11 @@ int iio_read_channel_processed_scale(struct iio_channel *chan, int *val,
>  		if (ret < 0)
>  			return ret;
>  
> -		return iio_multiply_value(val, scale, ret, pval, pval2);
> +		ret = iio_multiply_value(val, scale, ret, pval, pval2);
> +		if (ret < 0)
> +			return ret;
> +
> +		return 0;
>  	} else {
>  		ret = iio_channel_read(chan, val, NULL, IIO_CHAN_INFO_RAW);
>  		if (ret < 0)