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[5.8,307/633] ipmi_si: Fix wrong return value in try_smi_init()

Message ID 20201027135537.078854373@linuxfoundation.org
State Superseded
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Commit Message

Greg Kroah-Hartman Oct. 27, 2020, 1:50 p.m. UTC 
From: Tianjia Zhang <tianjia.zhang@linux.alibaba.com>

[ Upstream commit 8fe7990ceda8597e407d06bffc4bdbe835a93ece ]

On an error exit path, a negative error code should be returned
instead of a positive return value.

Fixes: 90b2d4f15ff7 ("ipmi_si: Remove hacks for adding a dummy platform devices")
Cc: Corey Minyard <cminyard@mvista.com>
Signed-off-by: Tianjia Zhang <tianjia.zhang@linux.alibaba.com>
Message-Id: <20201005145212.84435-1-tianjia.zhang@linux.alibaba.com>
Signed-off-by: Corey Minyard <cminyard@mvista.com>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
---
 drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_si_intf.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
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diff --git a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_si_intf.c b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_si_intf.c
index 77b8d551ae7fe..dd559661c15b3 100644
--- a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_si_intf.c
+++ b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_si_intf.c
@@ -1963,7 +1963,7 @@  static int try_smi_init(struct smi_info *new_smi)
 	/* Do this early so it's available for logs. */
 	if (!new_smi->io.dev) {
 		pr_err("IPMI interface added with no device\n");
-		rv = EIO;
+		rv = -EIO;
 		goto out_err;
 	}