On Wed, 26 Dec 2018 06:12:04 +0100, Kangjie Lu wrote:

snd_i2c_sendbytes could fail. The fix checks its return value: if it fails, issues an error message and returns with its error code.

Signed-off-by: Kangjie Lu kjlu@umn.edu

sound/pci/ice1712/ews.c | 5 ++++- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/sound/pci/ice1712/ews.c b/sound/pci/ice1712/ews.c index b8af747ecb43..b978cdb0fc20 100644 --- a/sound/pci/ice1712/ews.c +++ b/sound/pci/ice1712/ews.c @@ -826,7 +826,10 @@ static int snd_ice1712_6fire_read_pca(struct snd_ice1712 *ice, unsigned char reg

snd_i2c_lock(ice->i2c); byte = reg;

• snd_i2c_sendbytes(spec->i2cdevs[EWS_I2C_6FIRE], &byte, 1);

• if (snd_i2c_sendbytes(spec->i2cdevs[EWS_I2C_6FIRE], &byte, 1)) {

• dev_err(ice->card->dev, "cannot send pca\n");
  

• return -EIO;
  

You forgot to unlock before returning.

thanks,

Takashi