Re: [PATCH 03/16] lirc_dev: correct error handling

[Sean Young <sean@mess.org>]

On Mon, May 01, 2017 at 06:03:51PM +0200, David Härdeman wrote:
> If an error is generated, nonseekable_open() shouldn't be called.

There is no harm in calling nonseekable_open(), so this commit is
misleading.

Sean

> 
> Signed-off-by: David Härdeman <david@hardeman.nu>
> ---
>  drivers/media/rc/lirc_dev.c |    6 ++++--
>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/media/rc/lirc_dev.c b/drivers/media/rc/lirc_dev.c
> index 05f600bd6c67..7f13ed479e1c 100644
> --- a/drivers/media/rc/lirc_dev.c
> +++ b/drivers/media/rc/lirc_dev.c
> @@ -431,7 +431,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(lirc_unregister_driver);
>  int lirc_dev_fop_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
>  {
>  	struct irctl *ir;
> -	int retval = 0;
> +	int retval;
>  
>  	if (iminor(inode) >= MAX_IRCTL_DEVICES) {
>  		pr_err("open result for %d is -ENODEV\n", iminor(inode));
> @@ -475,9 +475,11 @@ int lirc_dev_fop_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
>  
>  	ir->open++;
>  
> -error:
>  	nonseekable_open(inode, file);
>  
> +	return 0;
> +
> +error:
>  	return retval;
>  }
>  EXPORT_SYMBOL(lirc_dev_fop_open);