[PATCH] gpio: gpio-xilinx: Check return value of of_property_read_u32

Michal Simek michal.simek at amd.com
Sun Jun 19 23:26:47 PDT 2022


Hi Andy,

On 6/17/22 18:02, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> 
> 
> On Fri, Jun 17, 2022 at 7:20 AM Srinivas Neeli
> <srinivas.neeli at xilinx.com> wrote:
>>
>> In five different instances the return value of "of_property_read_u32"
>> API was neither captured nor checked.
>>
>> Fixed it by capturing the return value and then checking for any error.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Srinivas Neeli <srinivas.neeli at xilinx.com>
>> Addresses-Coverity: "check_return"
> 
> I think the best course of action here is to go and fix Coverity while
> marking these as false positives.
> 
> To the idea of castings -- this is not good style and (many?)
> maintainers in kernel do not accept such "workaround" for fixing
> broken tool.

Let's wait for Linus what he will say about it.
I can't see nothing wrong about declaring that I am intentionally ignoring 
return code.

Thanks,
Michal



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