Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752246AbdGEI4S (ORCPT ); Wed, 5 Jul 2017 04:56:18 -0400 Received: from 92-243-34-74.adsl.nanet.at ([92.243.34.74]:33169 "EHLO mail.osadl.at" rhost-flags-OK-FAIL-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750867AbdGEI4Q (ORCPT ); Wed, 5 Jul 2017 04:56:16 -0400 Date: Wed, 5 Jul 2017 08:55:47 +0000 From: Nicholas Mc Guire To: Geert Uytterhoeven Cc: Jonathan Cameron , Hartmut Knaack , Lars-Peter Clausen , Peter Meerwald-Stadler , simran singhal , Arnd Bergmann , Gregor Boirie , linux-iio@vger.kernel.org, "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" Subject: Re: [PATCH RFC] iio: pressure: zpa2326: report interrupted case as failure Message-ID: <20170705085547.GB8789@osadl.at> References: <1494751435-14189-1-git-send-email-der.herr@hofr.at> <20170704200853.16dc9e3a@kernel.org> <20170705073705.GA8145@osadl.at> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.23 (2014-03-12) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 5153 Lines: 123 On Wed, Jul 05, 2017 at 10:02:17AM +0200, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote: > Hi Nicholas, > > On Wed, Jul 5, 2017 at 9:37 AM, Nicholas Mc Guire wrote: > > On Tue, Jul 04, 2017 at 08:08:53PM +0100, Jonathan Cameron wrote: > >> On Tue, 4 Jul 2017 12:40:33 +0200 > >> Geert Uytterhoeven wrote: > >> > On Sun, May 14, 2017 at 10:43 AM, Nicholas Mc Guire wrote: > >> > > If the timeout-case prints a warning message then probably the interrupted > >> > > case should also. Further, wait_for_completion_interruptible_timeout() > >> > > returns long not int. > >> > > > >> > > Fixes: commit 03b262f2bbf4 ("iio:pressure: initial zpa2326 barometer support") > >> > > Signed-off-by: Nicholas Mc Guire > >> > > --- > >> > > > >> > > The original control-flow was technically not wrong just confusing and a bit > >> > > complicated. Not clear if reporting the interrupted case actually is useful, > >> > > but given that the timeout is relatively long (200ms) it is not that unlikely > >> > > so differentiating the cases seems helpful. > >> > > > >> > > Patch was compile-tested with: x86_64_defconfig + CONFIG_IIO=m, CONFIG_ZPA2326=m > >> > > > >> > > Patch is against v4.11 (localversion-next is next-20170512) > >> > > > >> > > drivers/iio/pressure/zpa2326.c | 17 ++++++++++------- > >> > > 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) > >> > > > >> > > diff --git a/drivers/iio/pressure/zpa2326.c b/drivers/iio/pressure/zpa2326.c > >> > > index e58a0ad..617926f 100644 > >> > > --- a/drivers/iio/pressure/zpa2326.c > >> > > +++ b/drivers/iio/pressure/zpa2326.c > >> > > @@ -867,12 +867,13 @@ static int zpa2326_wait_oneshot_completion(const struct iio_dev *indio_dev, > >> > > { > >> > > int ret; > >> > > unsigned int val; > >> > > + long timeout; > >> > > > >> > > zpa2326_dbg(indio_dev, "waiting for one shot completion interrupt"); > >> > > > >> > > - ret = wait_for_completion_interruptible_timeout( > >> > > + timeout = wait_for_completion_interruptible_timeout( > >> > > &private->data_ready, ZPA2326_CONVERSION_JIFFIES); > >> > > - if (ret > 0) > >> > > + if (timeout > 0) > >> > > >> > Check for strict positive timeout. > >> > > >> > > /* > >> > > * Interrupt handler completed before timeout: return operation > >> > > * status. > >> > > @@ -882,13 +883,15 @@ static int zpa2326_wait_oneshot_completion(const struct iio_dev *indio_dev, > >> > > /* Clear all interrupts just to be sure. */ > >> > > regmap_read(private->regmap, ZPA2326_INT_SOURCE_REG, &val); > >> > > > >> > > - if (!ret) > >> > > + if (!timeout) { > >> > > >> > Check for zero timeout. > >> > > >> > > /* Timed out. */ > >> > > + zpa2326_warn(indio_dev, "no one shot interrupt occurred (%ld)", > >> > > + timeout); > >> > > ret = -ETIME; > >> > > - > >> > > - if (ret != -ERESTARTSYS) > >> > > - zpa2326_warn(indio_dev, "no one shot interrupt occurred (%d)", > >> > > - ret); > >> > > + } else if (timeout < 0) { > >> > > >> > So if we get here, timeout is always strict negative, so the check can > >> > be removed. > >> > > >> > > + zpa2326_warn(indio_dev, "wait for one shot interrupt canceled"); > >> > > + ret = -ERESTARTSYS; > >> > > + } > >> > > > >> > > return ret; > >> > > >> > But gcc-4.1.2 is not smart enough: > >> > > >> > drivers/iio/pressure/zpa2326.c:868: warning: ???ret??? may be used > >> > uninitialized in this function > >> Good analysis. Care to send the obvious patch? > >> > > Thanks Geert for finding that - yes ret needs to be > > initialized to 0 here, success case as documented in > > the header of zpa2326_wait_oneshot_completion - > > No, ret does not need to be initialized to 0, as it would prevent the warning > from reappearing in case of future logic errors. > > Instead the last "if" should be removed, as it's always true. > Will send a patch, as requested by Jonathan. > hmm... the if can be removed but then it would be two return statements and one could simply drop ret all together if (!timeout) { /* Timed out. */ zpa2326_warn(indio_dev, "no one shot interrupt occurred (%ld)", timeout); return -ETIME; } zpa2326_warn(indio_dev, "wait for one shot interrupt cancelled"); return -ERESTARTSYS but I assumed that kernel code should try to not end up with too many exit points, in which case the if is needed and the warning could be elimnated by initializing ret to 0 even if that is more or less usless. > > interestingly enough gcc gcc (Debian 4.9.2-10) 4.9.2 > > does not flag this uninitioalized variable ! > > Only very old or very new versions of gcc do that. > thanks - so I need to upgrad my gcc as the compile-checking will fail to catch uninitilized vars then, atleast in some cases. thx! hofrat