[PATCH] phy: cadence-torrent: Check return value on register read

Markus Elfring Markus.Elfring at web.de
Tue Jul 2 00:43:17 PDT 2024


> cdns_torrent_dp_set_power_state() does not consider that ret might be
> overwritten. Add return value check of regmap_read_poll_timeout() after
> register read in cdns_torrent_dp_set_power_state().

I suggest to improve such a change description another bit.

1. A return value is stored in the mentioned local variable.

2. Unfortunately, it was not immediately checked.

   * https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/252.html

   * https://wiki.sei.cmu.edu/confluence/display/c/EXP12-C.+Do+not+ignore+values+returned+by+functions

3. How do you think about to avoid a repeated reference to a function name?


…
> Signed-off-by: Ma Ke <make24 at iscas.ac.cn>

* Why was the personal name “Haoxiang Li” not specified here?

* Under which circumstances will applications of the Developer's Certificate of Origin
  be clarified better?
  https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst?h=v6.10-rc6#n398


How do you think about to use a summary phrase like “Complete error handling
in cdns_torrent_dp_set_power_state()”?

Regards,
Markus



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