[PATCH v3 1/2] drivers: net: ethernet: 3com: fix return value

Thomas Preisner
2016-12-25T00:30:44Z

In a few cases the err-variable is not set to a negative error code if a
function call fails and thus 0 is returned instead.
It may be better to set err to the appropriate negative error code
before returning.

Bugzilla: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=188841

Reported-by: Pan Bian <bianpan2016@163.com>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Preisner <thomas.preisner+linux@fau.de>
Signed-off-by: Milan Stephan <milan.stephan+linux@fau.de>
---
drivers/net/ethernet/3com/typhoon.c | 7 +++++--
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/3com/typhoon.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/3com/typhoon.c
index a0cacbe..c88b88a 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/3com/typhoon.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/3com/typhoon.c
@@ -2404,6 +2404,7 @@ typhoon_init_one(struct pci_dev *pdev, const struct pci_device_id *ent)

- if(!is_valid_ether_addr(dev->dev_addr)) {
+ if (!is_valid_ether_addr(dev->dev_addr)) {
err_msg = "Could not obtain valid ethernet address, aborting";
+ err = -EIO;
goto error_out_reset;
}

@@ -2411,7 +2412,8 @@ typhoon_init_one(struct pci_dev *pdev, const struct pci_device_id *ent)
* later when we print out the version reported.
*/
INIT_COMMAND_WITH_RESPONSE(&xp_cmd, TYPHOON_CMD_READ_VERSIONS);
- if(typhoon_issue_command(tp, 1, &xp_cmd, 3, xp_resp) < 0) {
+ err = typhoon_issue_command(tp, 1, &xp_cmd, 3, xp_resp);
+ if (err < 0) {
err_msg = "Could not get Sleep Image version";
goto error_out_reset;
}
@@ -2453,7 +2455,8 @@ typhoon_init_one(struct pci_dev *pdev, const struct pci_device_id *ent)
dev->features = dev->hw_features |
NETIF_F_HW_VLAN_CTAG_RX | NETIF_F_RXCSUM;

- if(register_netdev(dev) < 0) {
+ err = register_netdev(dev);
+ if (err < 0) {
err_msg = "unable to register netdev";
goto error_out_reset;
}
--
2.7.4