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* [PATCH] greth: Use return value of register_netdev
@ 2010-08-17 16:11 Tobias Klauser
  2010-08-19  7:05 ` David Miller
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 4+ messages in thread
From: Tobias Klauser @ 2010-08-17 16:11 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: David S. Miller, Kristoffer Glembo, netdev; +Cc: kernel-janitors

Use the return value provided by register_netdev on error instead of
hard setting it to -ENOMEM.

Signed-off-by: Tobias Klauser <tklauser@distanz.ch>
---
 drivers/net/greth.c |    4 ++--
 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/greth.c b/drivers/net/greth.c
index f15c64f..fbeaf70 100644
--- a/drivers/net/greth.c
+++ b/drivers/net/greth.c
@@ -1547,10 +1547,10 @@ static int __devinit greth_of_probe(struct platform_device *ofdev, const struct
 	dev->netdev_ops = &greth_netdev_ops;
 	dev->ethtool_ops = &greth_ethtool_ops;
 
-	if (register_netdev(dev)) {
+	err = register_netdev(dev);
+	if (err) {
 		if (netif_msg_probe(greth))
 			dev_err(greth->dev, "netdevice registration failed.\n");
-		err = -ENOMEM;
 		goto error5;
 	}
 
-- 
1.7.0.4


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* [PATCH] greth: Use return value of register_netdev
@ 2010-08-17 16:12 Tobias Klauser
  2010-08-17 16:14 ` Tobias Klauser
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 4+ messages in thread
From: Tobias Klauser @ 2010-08-17 16:12 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: David S. Miller, netdev; +Cc: kernel-janitors

Use the return value provided by register_netdev on error instead of
hard setting it to -ENOMEM.

Signed-off-by: Tobias Klauser <tklauser@distanz.ch>
---
 drivers/net/greth.c |    4 ++--
 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/greth.c b/drivers/net/greth.c
index f15c64f..fbeaf70 100644
--- a/drivers/net/greth.c
+++ b/drivers/net/greth.c
@@ -1547,10 +1547,10 @@ static int __devinit greth_of_probe(struct platform_device *ofdev, const struct
 	dev->netdev_ops = &greth_netdev_ops;
 	dev->ethtool_ops = &greth_ethtool_ops;
 
-	if (register_netdev(dev)) {
+	err = register_netdev(dev);
+	if (err) {
 		if (netif_msg_probe(greth))
 			dev_err(greth->dev, "netdevice registration failed.\n");
-		err = -ENOMEM;
 		goto error5;
 	}
 
-- 
1.7.0.4


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* Re: [PATCH] greth: Use return value of register_netdev
  2010-08-17 16:12 Tobias Klauser
@ 2010-08-17 16:14 ` Tobias Klauser
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 4+ messages in thread
From: Tobias Klauser @ 2010-08-17 16:14 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: David S. Miller, netdev; +Cc: kernel-janitors

On 2010-08-17 at 18:12:07 +0200, Tobias Klauser <tklauser@distanz.ch> wrote:
> Use the return value provided by register_netdev on error instead of
> hard setting it to -ENOMEM.

Sorry for the duplicate, please disregard this one.

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* Re: [PATCH] greth: Use return value of register_netdev
  2010-08-17 16:11 [PATCH] greth: Use return value of register_netdev Tobias Klauser
@ 2010-08-19  7:05 ` David Miller
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 4+ messages in thread
From: David Miller @ 2010-08-19  7:05 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: tklauser; +Cc: kristoffer, netdev, kernel-janitors

From: Tobias Klauser <tklauser@distanz.ch>
Date: Tue, 17 Aug 2010 18:11:24 +0200

> Use the return value provided by register_netdev on error instead of
> hard setting it to -ENOMEM.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Tobias Klauser <tklauser@distanz.ch>

Applied.

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