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From: Markus Elfring <Markus.Elfring@web.de>
To: vulab@iscas.ac.cn, brcm80211-dev-list.pdl@broadcom.com,
	brcm80211@lists.linux.dev, linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org, LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	"Arend van Spriel" <arend.vanspriel@broadcom.com>,
	"Christophe Jaillet" <christophe.jaillet@wanadoo.fr>,
	"Kalle Valo" <kvalo@kernel.org>, "Ondřej Jirman" <megi@xff.cz>,
	"Sai Krishna" <saikrishnag@marvell.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] brcm80211: fmac: Add error check for brcmf_usb_dlneeded()
Date: Wed, 9 Apr 2025 10:16:34 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <8cf4d7d5-e9f8-4c10-810b-5c7da72db1c8@web.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20250406081930.2909-1-vulab@iscas.ac.cn>

…
> Add error handling for brcmf_usb_dl_cmd() to return the function if the
> 'id.chiprev' is uninitialized.

* Please reconsider the offered conclusion once more.

* I propose to replace the word “for” by “in” (before function names)
  in some summary phrases.


…
> +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/usb.c
> @@ -798,7 +799,11 @@ brcmf_usb_dlneeded(struct brcmf_usbdev_info *devinfo)
>
>  	/* Check if firmware downloaded already by querying runtime ID */
>  	id.chip = cpu_to_le32(0xDEAD);
> -	brcmf_usb_dl_cmd(devinfo, DL_GETVER, &id, sizeof(id));
> +	err = brcmf_usb_dl_cmd(devinfo, DL_GETVER, &id, sizeof(id));
> +	if (err) {
> +		brcmf_err("DL_GETID Failed\n");
> +		return false;
> +	}
…

Would an error hint like “DL_GETVER failed\n” be more appropriate here?

Regards,
Markus

  reply	other threads:[~2025-04-09  8:16 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2025-04-06  8:19 [PATCH] brcm80211: fmac: Add error check for brcmf_usb_dlneeded() Wentao Liang
2025-04-09  8:16 ` Markus Elfring [this message]
2025-04-09 12:11 ` Arend van Spriel
2025-04-09 15:03   ` Arend Van Spriel

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