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From: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
To: "Éric Piel" <eric.piel@tremplin-utc.net>
Cc: Matthew Garrett <mjg@redhat.com>,
	Christian Lamparter <chunkeey@googlemail.com>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	platform-driver-x86@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 01/10] lis3lv02d: avoid divide by zero due to unchecked
Date: Mon, 1 Aug 2011 13:29:06 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20110801132906.2d4cd28e.akpm@linux-foundation.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4E2D88C7.30409@tremplin-utc.net>

On Mon, 25 Jul 2011 17:16:23 +0200
__ric Piel <eric.piel@tremplin-utc.net> wrote:

> +static int lis3lv02d_get_pwron_wait(struct lis3lv02d *lis3)
> +{
> +	int div = lis3lv02d_get_odr();
> +
> +	if (WARN_ONCE(div == 0, "device returned spurious data"))
> +		return -ENXIO;
> +
> +	/* LIS3 power on delay is quite long */
> +	msleep(lis3->pwron_delay / div);
> +	return 0;
> +}

The WARN_ONCE may not be very useful.  The user gets worried, might
report it (often to a distro, not to you!).  But we won't actually *do*
anything with the information?

  reply	other threads:[~2011-08-01 20:29 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2011-07-25 15:14 [PATCH 00/10] lis3: various fixes and enhancements Éric Piel
2011-07-25 15:16 ` [PATCH 01/10] lis3lv02d: avoid divide by zero due to unchecked Éric Piel
2011-08-01 20:29   ` Andrew Morton [this message]
2011-08-01 21:11     ` Christian Lamparter
2011-08-01 21:29       ` Andrew Morton
2011-08-03 13:21         ` Éric Piel
2011-07-25 15:17 ` [PATCH 02/10] lis3: update maintainer information Éric Piel
2011-07-25 15:18 ` [PATCH 03/10] lis3: add support for HP EliteBook 2730p Éric Piel
2011-07-25 15:19 ` [PATCH 04/10] lis3: add support for HP EliteBook 8540w Éric Piel
2011-07-25 15:19 ` [PATCH 05/10] hp_accel: Add HP ProBook 655x Éric Piel
2011-07-25 15:20 ` [PATCH 06/10] CONFIG_HP_ACCEL: Fix help text Éric Piel
2011-07-25 15:21 ` [PATCH 07/10] lis3: Free regulators if probe() fails Éric Piel
2011-07-25 15:22 ` [PATCH 08/10] lis3: Change naming to consistent Éric Piel
2011-07-25 15:23 ` [PATCH 09/10] lis3: Change exported function to use given Éric Piel
2011-07-25 15:24 ` [PATCH 10/10] lis3: Remove the references to the global variable in core driver Éric Piel
2011-08-03 13:47   ` [PATCH 10/10 v2] " Éric Piel

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