USB: simplify the interface of usb_get_status()

This patch simplifies the interface presented by usb_get_status().
Instead of forcing callers to check for the proper data length and
convert the status value to host byte order, the function will now
do these things itself.

Signed-off-by: Alan Stern <stern@rowland.harvard.edu>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>

1 files changed, 9 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/usb/core/message.c b/drivers/usb/core/message.c
index e7ee1e451660..6549a975b0c5 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/core/message.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/core/message.c
@@ -934,13 +934,13 @@ int usb_get_device_descriptor(struct usb_device *dev, unsigned int size)
  *
  * This call is synchronous, and may not be used in an interrupt context.
  *
- * Returns the number of bytes received on success, or else the status code
- * returned by the underlying usb_control_msg() call.
+ * Returns 0 and the status value in *@data (in host byte order) on success,
+ * or else the status code from the underlying usb_control_msg() call.
  */
 int usb_get_status(struct usb_device *dev, int type, int target, void *data)
 {
 	int ret;
-	u16 *status = kmalloc(sizeof(*status), GFP_KERNEL);
+	__le16 *status = kmalloc(sizeof(*status), GFP_KERNEL);
 
 	if (!status)
 		return -ENOMEM;
@@ -949,7 +949,12 @@ int usb_get_status(struct usb_device *dev, int type, int target, void *data)
 		USB_REQ_GET_STATUS, USB_DIR_IN | type, 0, target, status,
 		sizeof(*status), USB_CTRL_GET_TIMEOUT);
 
-	*(u16 *)data = *status;
+	if (ret == 2) {
+		*(u16 *) data = le16_to_cpu(*status);
+		ret = 0;
+	} else if (ret >= 0) {
+		ret = -EIO;
+	}
 	kfree(status);
 	return ret;
 }