[PATCH] staging: Check for Null return of allocated skb in fw_download_code

[xerofoify@gmail.com (Nick Krause)]

On Wed, Aug 13, 2014 at 3:24 PM, Nick Krause <xerofoify@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 13, 2014 at 3:17 PM,  <Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu> wrote:
>> On Wed, 13 Aug 2014 14:03:08 -0400, Nick Krause said:
>>
>>> I did test my patch by doing a kernel build and I get this error,
>>> drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtl8192e/r8192E_firmware.c:66:4: error:
>>> implicit declaration of function ?skb_quene_purge?
>>> [-Werror=implicit-function-declaration]
>>>     skb_quene_purge(&priv->rtllib->skb_waitQ[tcb_desc->queue_index]);
>>
>> Well, this is a C 101 problem.
>>
>>> I am wondering how do I fix this,
>>
>> You fix this by not doing any further kernel hacking until you've gotten
>> a handle on *VERY BASIC* C development concepts.
>>
>> Also, you're going to have to justify why you're being a total
>> dumbass and coding skb_waitQ[tcb_desc->queue_index] when the *obvious*
>> code is skb_waitQ[TXCMD_QUEUE] - yes, an optimizing compiler will do
>> that substitution, but code clarity is important.
>>
>> Argh.  I may have to break out my +5 Trout of Smacking....
>>
>> On Wed, 13 Aug 2014 15:01:45 -0400, Nick Krause said:
>>> This is the fixed patch, I do get an error about uninitialized
>>> variables
>>
>> Are you *trying* to get put in *everybody's* killfile?
>>
>>> If someone wants to send this out, please do so as this is has been
>>> built and applied tested.
>>
>> And you think that *anybody* wants to upstream a patch from you that even
>> *you* admit still has trouble??!?
>
> I checked the patched and it worked , uninitialized variables are
> common and I hit 12 of them.
> Nick

Valdis,
Sorry about the stupid question , I assumed it was something else I was fixing.
In addition I fixed up the patch and there are not more errors based on using
gcc's optimization features.

Sorry Nick :(