alloc_workqueue() can fail, handle this case. Signed-off-by: Richard Weinberger <richard@xxxxxx> --- drivers/staging/rtl8821ae/base.c | 10 ++++++++-- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8821ae/base.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8821ae/base.c index fce9c3f..8dbe13c 100644 --- a/drivers/staging/rtl8821ae/base.c +++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8821ae/base.c @@ -388,7 +388,7 @@ static void _rtl_init_mac80211(struct ieee80211_hw *hw) } -static void _rtl_init_deferred_work(struct ieee80211_hw *hw) +static int _rtl_init_deferred_work(struct ieee80211_hw *hw) { struct rtl_priv *rtlpriv = rtl_priv(hw); @@ -410,6 +410,9 @@ static void _rtl_init_deferred_work(struct ieee80211_hw *hw) rtlpriv->works.rtl_wq = create_workqueue(rtlpriv->cfg->name); #endif /*<delete in kernel end>*/ + if (!rtlpriv->works.rtl_wq) + return -ENOMEM; + INIT_DELAYED_WORK(&rtlpriv->works.watchdog_wq, (void *)rtl_watchdog_wq_callback); INIT_DELAYED_WORK(&rtlpriv->works.ips_nic_off_wq, @@ -421,6 +424,8 @@ static void _rtl_init_deferred_work(struct ieee80211_hw *hw) INIT_DELAYED_WORK(&rtlpriv->works.fwevt_wq, (void *)rtl_fwevt_wq_callback); + return 0; + } void rtl_deinit_deferred_work(struct ieee80211_hw *hw) @@ -519,7 +524,8 @@ int rtl_init_core(struct ieee80211_hw *hw) INIT_LIST_HEAD(&rtlpriv->entry_list); /* <6> init deferred work */ - _rtl_init_deferred_work(hw); + if (_rtl_init_deferred_work(hw)) + return 1; /* <7> */ #ifdef VIF_TODO -- 1.8.1.4 _______________________________________________ devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://driverdev.linuxdriverproject.org/mailman/listinfo/driverdev-devel