* [PATCH net-next] virt_wifi: fix error return code in virt_wifi_newlink()
@ 2019-01-18 7:29 Wei Yongjun
2019-01-18 9:30 ` Kalle Valo
0 siblings, 1 reply; 2+ messages in thread
From: Wei Yongjun @ 2019-01-18 7:29 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Kalle Valo, Cody Schuffelen; +Cc: Wei Yongjun, linux-wireless, kernel-janitors
Fix to return a negative error code from the error handling
case instead of 0, as done elsewhere in this function.
Fixes: c7cdba31ed8b ("mac80211-next: rtnetlink wifi simulation device")
Signed-off-by: Wei Yongjun <weiyongjun1@huawei.com>
---
drivers/net/wireless/virt_wifi.c | 4 +++-
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/virt_wifi.c b/drivers/net/wireless/virt_wifi.c
index 64b2186..3a93e4d 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/virt_wifi.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/virt_wifi.c
@@ -530,8 +530,10 @@ static int virt_wifi_newlink(struct net *src_net, struct net_device *dev,
SET_NETDEV_DEV(dev, &priv->lowerdev->dev);
dev->ieee80211_ptr = kzalloc(sizeof(*dev->ieee80211_ptr), GFP_KERNEL);
- if (!dev->ieee80211_ptr)
+ if (!dev->ieee80211_ptr) {
+ err = -ENOMEM;
goto remove_handler;
+ }
dev->ieee80211_ptr->iftype = NL80211_IFTYPE_STATION;
dev->ieee80211_ptr->wiphy = common_wiphy;
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* Re: [PATCH net-next] virt_wifi: fix error return code in virt_wifi_newlink()
2019-01-18 7:29 [PATCH net-next] virt_wifi: fix error return code in virt_wifi_newlink() Wei Yongjun
@ 2019-01-18 9:30 ` Kalle Valo
0 siblings, 0 replies; 2+ messages in thread
From: Kalle Valo @ 2019-01-18 9:30 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Wei Yongjun; +Cc: Cody Schuffelen, linux-wireless, kernel-janitors
Wei Yongjun <weiyongjun1@huawei.com> writes:
> Fix to return a negative error code from the error handling
> case instead of 0, as done elsewhere in this function.
>
> Fixes: c7cdba31ed8b ("mac80211-next: rtnetlink wifi simulation device")
> Signed-off-by: Wei Yongjun <weiyongjun1@huawei.com>
BTW, virt_wifi patches go through mac80211-next, not via net-next.
--
Kalle Valo
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