From: Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> To: shaojie.dong@isrc.iscas.ac.cn Cc: Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net, florian.c.schilhabel@googlemail.com, devel@driverdev.osuosl.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] staging: rtl8712: check register_netdev() return value Date: Wed, 9 Dec 2020 16:13:40 +0100 [thread overview] Message-ID: <X9DppHini6848vTM@kroah.com> (raw) In-Reply-To: <20201209150124.23446-1-shaojie.dong@isrc.iscas.ac.cn> On Wed, Dec 09, 2020 at 11:01:24PM +0800, shaojie.dong@isrc.iscas.ac.cn wrote: > From: "shaojie.dong" <shaojie.dong@isrc.iscas.ac.cn> > > Function register_netdev() can fail, so we should check it's return value > > Signed-off-by: shaojie.dong <shaojie.dong@isrc.iscas.ac.cn> I doubt you sign your name with a '.' in it, right? Please resend with the correct name, and using Capital letters where needed. > --- > drivers/staging/rtl8712/hal_init.c | 5 ++++- > 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) > > diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8712/hal_init.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8712/hal_init.c > index 715f1fe8b..38a3e3d44 100644 > --- a/drivers/staging/rtl8712/hal_init.c > +++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8712/hal_init.c > @@ -45,7 +45,10 @@ static void rtl871x_load_fw_cb(const struct firmware *firmware, void *context) > } > adapter->fw = firmware; > /* firmware available - start netdev */ > - register_netdev(adapter->pnetdev); > + if (register_netdev(adapter->pnetdev) != 0) { > + netdev_err(adapter->pnetdev, "register_netdev() failed\n"); > + free_netdev(adapter->pnetdev); > + } Did you test this to see if this really properly cleans everything up? And your if statement can be simplified, please do so. thanks, greg k-h
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From: Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> To: shaojie.dong@isrc.iscas.ac.cn Cc: devel@driverdev.osuosl.org, florian.c.schilhabel@googlemail.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net Subject: Re: [PATCH] staging: rtl8712: check register_netdev() return value Date: Wed, 9 Dec 2020 16:13:40 +0100 [thread overview] Message-ID: <X9DppHini6848vTM@kroah.com> (raw) In-Reply-To: <20201209150124.23446-1-shaojie.dong@isrc.iscas.ac.cn> On Wed, Dec 09, 2020 at 11:01:24PM +0800, shaojie.dong@isrc.iscas.ac.cn wrote: > From: "shaojie.dong" <shaojie.dong@isrc.iscas.ac.cn> > > Function register_netdev() can fail, so we should check it's return value > > Signed-off-by: shaojie.dong <shaojie.dong@isrc.iscas.ac.cn> I doubt you sign your name with a '.' in it, right? Please resend with the correct name, and using Capital letters where needed. > --- > drivers/staging/rtl8712/hal_init.c | 5 ++++- > 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) > > diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8712/hal_init.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8712/hal_init.c > index 715f1fe8b..38a3e3d44 100644 > --- a/drivers/staging/rtl8712/hal_init.c > +++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8712/hal_init.c > @@ -45,7 +45,10 @@ static void rtl871x_load_fw_cb(const struct firmware *firmware, void *context) > } > adapter->fw = firmware; > /* firmware available - start netdev */ > - register_netdev(adapter->pnetdev); > + if (register_netdev(adapter->pnetdev) != 0) { > + netdev_err(adapter->pnetdev, "register_netdev() failed\n"); > + free_netdev(adapter->pnetdev); > + } Did you test this to see if this really properly cleans everything up? And your if statement can be simplified, please do so. thanks, greg k-h _______________________________________________ devel mailing list devel@linuxdriverproject.org http://driverdev.linuxdriverproject.org/mailman/listinfo/driverdev-devel
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