Re: [PATCH] KernelJanitor: Convert remaining error returns to return -E Linux 2.5.68

["Randy.Dunlap" <rddunlap@osdl.org>]

On Tue, 29 Apr 2003 22:15:20 +0000 Gabriel Devenyi <devenyga@mcmaster.ca> wrote:

| This patch applies to 2.5.68. It converts all the remaining error returns to 
| the new return -E form, this is in the KernelJanitor TODO list.
| 
| http://muss.mcmaster.ca/~devenyga/patch-linux-2.5.68-return-errors.patch
| 
| Please CC me with any discussion since I do not subscribe to lkml
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I'd have to say that it really depends on whether the caller can
handle negative return values.  Did you check/audit the callers too?

If it's a well-defined Unix/Linux error code (like s/ENOMEM/-ENOMEM/),
this should be made to work (at least in most cases).

And don't change ones that use ERR_PTR, like this:

-		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
+		return -ENOMEM;


Local variable returns of positive/negative are probably not correct...
without auditing the callers, it's hard to say.  E.g.:

-	return ErrFlag;
+	return -ErrFlag;

(same type of change in DAC960 driver)


I'm a bit suspicious of:

-	return EOF;
+	return -EOF;

and

-		return E05;
+		return -E05;

It's not just a global search & replace...


One more thing... did you build and boot that modified kernel?
If so, did it build with the same number or fewer warnings than the
unmodified version?

--
~Randy