Registering of misc device could fail so add checking of return value. Signed-off-by: Marek Belisko <marek.belisko@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/staging/ft1000/ft1000-usb/ft1000_hw.c | 9 ++++++--- 1 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/staging/ft1000/ft1000-usb/ft1000_hw.c b/drivers/staging/ft1000/ft1000-usb/ft1000_hw.c index 57a235f..fd1f071 100644 --- a/drivers/staging/ft1000/ft1000-usb/ft1000_hw.c +++ b/drivers/staging/ft1000/ft1000-usb/ft1000_hw.c @@ -948,9 +948,12 @@ int reg_ft1000_netdev(struct ft1000_device *ft1000dev, struct usb_interface *int return rc; } - - //Create character device, implemented by Jim - ft1000_CreateDevice(ft1000dev); + rc = ft1000_CreateDevice(ft1000dev); + if (rc) { + DEBUG("Could not register misc device :%d\n", rc); + free_netdev(netdev); + return rc; + } DEBUG ("reg_ft1000_netdev returned\n"); -- 1.7.1 _______________________________________________ devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://driverdev.linuxdriverproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel