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From: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To: Martin Kaiser <martin@kaiser.cx>
Cc: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net>,
	Phillip Potter <phil@philpotter.co.uk>,
	Michael Straube <straube.linux@gmail.com>,
	Pavel Skripkin <paskripkin@gmail.com>,
	linux-staging@lists.linux.dev, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] staging: r8188eu: handle errors from ReadAdapterInfo8188EU
Date: Sun, 24 Jul 2022 18:18:36 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <Yt1w3MvAI7M4rKbD@kroah.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20220724161405.146488-1-martin@kaiser.cx>

On Sun, Jul 24, 2022 at 06:14:05PM +0200, Martin Kaiser wrote:
> --- a/drivers/staging/r8188eu/os_dep/usb_intf.c
> +++ b/drivers/staging/r8188eu/os_dep/usb_intf.c
> @@ -332,7 +332,8 @@ static struct adapter *rtw_usb_if1_init(struct dvobj_priv *dvobj,
>  	rtl8188eu_interface_configure(padapter);
>  
>  	/* step read efuse/eeprom data and get mac_addr */
> -	ReadAdapterInfo8188EU(padapter);
> +	if (ReadAdapterInfo8188EU(padapter) < 0)
> +		goto handle_dualmac;

You threw away the error returned to you here, why?  Shouldn't it
propagate upward?

thanks,

greg k-h

      parent reply	other threads:[~2022-07-24 16:18 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2022-07-24 16:14 [PATCH] staging: r8188eu: handle errors from ReadAdapterInfo8188EU Martin Kaiser
2022-07-24 16:18 ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2022-07-24 16:18 ` Greg Kroah-Hartman [this message]

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