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From: "Kok, Auke" <auke-jan.h.kok@intel.com>
Subject: Re: [2.6 patch] e1000e/ethtool.c: fix error checks
Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2007 09:20:55 -0700
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Cc: Auke Kok <auke-jan.h.kok@intel.com>, Jeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org>,
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To: Adrian Bunk <bunk@kernel.org>
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Adrian Bunk wrote:
> You want to check for the value, not for the address.
> 
> Spotted by the Coverity checker.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@kernel.org>
> 
> ---
> --- a/drivers/net/e1000e/ethtool.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/e1000e/ethtool.c
> @@ -1451,11 +1451,11 @@ static int e1000_loopback_test(struct e1000_adapter *adapter, u64 *data)
>  	}
>  
>  	*data = e1000_setup_desc_rings(adapter);
> -	if (data)
> +	if (*data)
>  		goto out;
>  
>  	*data = e1000_setup_loopback_test(adapter);
> -	if (data)
> +	if (*data)
>  		goto err_loopback;
>  
>  	*data = e1000_run_loopback_test(adapter);

I'll forward this to Jeff,

thanks.

Auke