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From: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org>
To: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>, Bjorn Helgaas <helgaas@kernel.org>
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Subject: Re: [Linux-kernel-mentees] [RFC PATCH 00/35] Move all PCIBIOS* definitions into arch/x86
Date: Thu, 16 Jul 2020 08:26:40 +1000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <627b214e6fc0624093caa8155d7006de111aacfb.camel@kernel.crashing.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAK8P3a3OEOosC2VEHb3z7hTA=BjVp0nv9bNxBWzEnmgSDDTX3Q@mail.gmail.com>

On Wed, 2020-07-15 at 08:47 +0200, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> drivers/misc/cardreader/rts5261.c:      retval =
> rtsx_pci_write_config_dword(pcr, PCR_SETTING_REG2, lval);
> 
> That last one is interesting because I think this is a case in which
> we
> actually want to check for errors, as the driver seems to use it
> to ensure that accessing extended config space at offset 0x814
> works before relying on the value. Unfortunately the implementation
> seems buggy as it a) keeps using the possibly uninitialized value
> after
> printing a warning and b) returns the PCIBIOS_* value in place of a
> negative errno and then ignores it in the caller.

In cases like this, usually checking against ~0 is sufficient

Cheers,
Ben.


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  parent reply	other threads:[~2020-07-15 22:28 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 72+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2020-07-13 12:22 [Linux-kernel-mentees] [RFC PATCH 00/35] Move all PCIBIOS* definitions into arch/x86 Saheed O. Bolarinwa
2020-07-13 12:22 ` [Linux-kernel-mentees] [RFC PATCH 01/35] xen-pciback: Change PCIBIOS_SUCCESSFUL to 0 Saheed O. Bolarinwa
2020-07-13 12:22 ` [Linux-kernel-mentees] [RFC PATCH 02/35] ssb: " Saheed O. Bolarinwa
2020-07-13 17:16   ` Larry Finger
2020-07-13 19:13     ` Saheed Bolarinwa
2020-07-13 18:29       ` Arnd Bergmann
2020-07-13 18:35       ` Larry Finger
2020-07-13 12:22 ` [Linux-kernel-mentees] [RFC PATCH 03/35] scsi: ipr: " Saheed O. Bolarinwa
2020-07-13 12:22 ` [Linux-kernel-mentees] [RFC PATCH 04/35] scsi: ipr: Tidy Success/Failure checks Saheed O. Bolarinwa
2020-07-13 12:22 ` [Linux-kernel-mentees] [RFC PATCH 05/35] PCI: Change PCIBIOS_SUCCESSFUL to 0 Saheed O. Bolarinwa
2020-07-13 12:22 ` [Linux-kernel-mentees] [RFC PATCH 06/35] PCI: Tidy Success/Failure checks Saheed O. Bolarinwa
2020-07-13 13:59   ` Gustavo Pimentel
2020-07-13 12:22 ` [Linux-kernel-mentees] [RFC PATCH 07/35] PCI: Change PCIBIOS_SUCCESSFUL to 0 Saheed O. Bolarinwa
2020-07-13 12:22 ` [Linux-kernel-mentees] [RFC PATCH 08/35] PCI: Tidy Success/Failure checks Saheed O. Bolarinwa
2020-07-13 12:22 ` [Linux-kernel-mentees] [RFC PATCH 09/35] nvme-pci: Change PCIBIOS_SUCCESSFUL to 0 Saheed O. Bolarinwa
2020-07-13 16:42   ` Rajashekar, Revanth
2020-07-13 18:24     ` Saheed Bolarinwa
2020-07-13 12:22 ` [Linux-kernel-mentees] [RFC PATCH 10/35] nvme-pci: Tidy Success/Failure checks Saheed O. Bolarinwa
2020-07-13 12:22 ` [Linux-kernel-mentees] [RFC PATCH 11/35] r8169: Change PCIBIOS_SUCCESSFUL to 0 Saheed O. Bolarinwa
2020-07-13 12:22 ` [Linux-kernel-mentees] [RFC PATCH 12/35] r8169: Tidy Success/Failure checks Saheed O. Bolarinwa
2020-07-13 13:45   ` Heiner Kallweit
2020-07-13 13:09     ` Saheed Bolarinwa
2020-07-13 12:22 ` [Linux-kernel-mentees] [RFC PATCH 13/35] cxl: Change PCIBIOS_SUCCESSFUL to 0 Saheed O. Bolarinwa
2020-07-13 12:22 ` [Linux-kernel-mentees] [RFC PATCH 14/35] i2c/busses: " Saheed O. Bolarinwa
2020-07-17 14:58   ` Jean Delvare
2020-07-18 19:05     ` Saheed Bolarinwa
2020-07-22 11:06       ` Wolfram Sang
2020-07-13 12:22 ` [Linux-kernel-mentees] [RFC PATCH 15/35] i2c/busses: Tidy Success/Failure checks Saheed O. Bolarinwa
2020-07-17 15:11   ` Jean Delvare
2020-07-13 12:22 ` [Linux-kernel-mentees] [RFC PATCH 16/35] hwmon: (sis5595) Change PCIBIOS_SUCCESSFUL to 0 Saheed O. Bolarinwa
2020-07-14  5:02   ` Guenter Roeck
2020-07-13 12:22 ` [Linux-kernel-mentees] [RFC PATCH 17/35] hwmon: (sis5595) Tidy Success/Failure checks Saheed O. Bolarinwa
2020-07-14  5:04   ` Guenter Roeck
2020-07-13 12:22 ` [Linux-kernel-mentees] [RFC PATCH 18/35] bcma: Change PCIBIOS_SUCCESSFUL to 0 Saheed O. Bolarinwa
2020-07-13 12:22 ` [Linux-kernel-mentees] [RFC PATCH 19/35] atm: " Saheed O. Bolarinwa
2020-07-13 12:22 ` [Linux-kernel-mentees] [RFC PATCH 20/35] atm: Tidy Success/Failure checks Saheed O. Bolarinwa
2020-07-13 12:22 ` [Linux-kernel-mentees] [RFC PATCH 21/35] atm: Fix Style ERROR- assignment in if condition Saheed O. Bolarinwa
2020-07-13 12:22 ` [Linux-kernel-mentees] [RFC PATCH 22/35] unicore32: Change PCIBIOS_SUCCESSFUL to 0 Saheed O. Bolarinwa
2020-07-13 12:22 ` [Linux-kernel-mentees] [RFC PATCH 23/35] sparc/PCI: " Saheed O. Bolarinwa
2020-07-13 12:22 ` [Linux-kernel-mentees] [RFC PATCH 24/35] sh: " Saheed O. Bolarinwa
2020-07-20 21:41   ` Rich Felker
2020-07-13 12:22 ` [Linux-kernel-mentees] [RFC PATCH 25/35] sh: Tidy Success/Failure checks Saheed O. Bolarinwa
2020-07-13 12:22 ` [Linux-kernel-mentees] [RFC PATCH 26/35] powerpc: Change PCIBIOS_SUCCESSFUL to 0 Saheed O. Bolarinwa
2020-07-13 12:22 ` [Linux-kernel-mentees] [RFC PATCH 27/35] powerpc: Tidy Success/Failure checks Saheed O. Bolarinwa
2020-07-13 12:22 ` [Linux-kernel-mentees] [RFC PATCH 28/35] mips: Change PCIBIOS_SUCCESSFUL to 0 Saheed O. Bolarinwa
2020-07-13 12:22 ` [Linux-kernel-mentees] [RFC PATCH 29/35] mips: Tidy Success/Failure checks Saheed O. Bolarinwa
2020-07-13 12:22 ` [Linux-kernel-mentees] [RFC PATCH 30/35] microblaze: Change PCIBIOS_SUCCESSFUL to 0 Saheed O. Bolarinwa
2020-07-13 12:22 ` [Linux-kernel-mentees] [RFC PATCH 31/35] m68k: " Saheed O. Bolarinwa
2020-07-13 12:22 ` [Linux-kernel-mentees] [RFC PATCH 32/35] arm/PCI: " Saheed O. Bolarinwa
2020-07-13 12:22 ` [Linux-kernel-mentees] [RFC PATCH 33/35] arm/PCI: Tidy Success/Failure checks Saheed O. Bolarinwa
2020-07-13 12:22 ` [Linux-kernel-mentees] [RFC PATCH 34/35] PCI: Change PCIBIOS_SUCCESSFUL to 0 Saheed O. Bolarinwa
2020-07-13 12:22 ` [Linux-kernel-mentees] [RFC PATCH 35/35] alpha: Tidy Success/Failure checks Saheed O. Bolarinwa
2020-07-13 15:08 ` [Linux-kernel-mentees] [RFC PATCH 00/35] Move all PCIBIOS* definitions into arch/x86 Arnd Bergmann
2020-07-14 18:45   ` Bjorn Helgaas
2020-07-14 21:02     ` Kjetil Oftedal
2020-07-15  2:14       ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2020-07-14 22:01     ` Arnd Bergmann
2020-07-14 23:46       ` Bjorn Helgaas
2020-07-15  2:19         ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2020-07-15  6:47         ` Arnd Bergmann
2020-07-15 14:24           ` David Laight
2020-07-15 22:01             ` Bjorn Helgaas
2020-07-16  8:18               ` David Laight
2020-07-15 22:26           ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt [this message]
2020-07-15  4:18       ` Oliver O'Halloran
2020-07-15 14:38         ` David Laight
2020-07-15 22:12           ` Bjorn Helgaas
2020-07-15 22:49             ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2020-07-16  8:07               ` David Laight
2020-07-14 23:14     ` Rob Herring
2020-07-15  2:12     ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2020-07-13 22:01 ` Bjorn Helgaas

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