On Wed, Mar 15, 2017 at 10:44:28AM +1100, Tobin C. Harding wrote: > Driver code is non-uniform in its use of error return codes, identical > failures are returning different error codes. Return is on failure > when checking struct magic numbers. Error codes used include -ENODEV, > -ENXIO, -EIO, and -EFAULT. > > Use -ENXIO. Justification is that usual call includes a check that the > struct is non-NULL OR'd with check on the magic number. > > #define ENXIO 6 /* No such device or address */ > > Seems like a good fit. Also this choice results in the minimum number > of files touched. > > Pick one error code, ENXIO. Change all functions to use the same error > return code for the cases of failed magic number checks. > > Signed-off-by: Tobin C. Harding <m...@tobin.cc> > --- > drivers/staging/dgnc/dgnc_mgmt.c | 2 +- > drivers/staging/dgnc/dgnc_tty.c | 44 > ++++++++++++++++++++-------------------- > 2 files changed, 23 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/drivers/staging/dgnc/dgnc_mgmt.c > b/drivers/staging/dgnc/dgnc_mgmt.c > index ee8a626..f134222 100644 > --- a/drivers/staging/dgnc/dgnc_mgmt.c > +++ b/drivers/staging/dgnc/dgnc_mgmt.c > @@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ long dgnc_mgmt_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd, > unsigned long arg) > ch = dgnc_board[board]->channels[channel]; > > if (!ch || ch->magic != DGNC_CHANNEL_MAGIC) > - return -ENODEV; > + return -ENXIO;
No, this really means the device is gone. And the whole ->magic stuff needs to just be deleted, it's not needed at all. thanks, greg k-h _______________________________________________ devel mailing list de...@linuxdriverproject.org http://driverdev.linuxdriverproject.org/mailman/listinfo/driverdev-devel
