Check for kzalloc failure and directly return from the error patch thus simplifying the success path. Suggested-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Sudip Mukherjee <sudip@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/os_dep/usb_intf.c | 7 +++---- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/os_dep/usb_intf.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/os_dep/usb_intf.c index 09a918e..1c9558f 100644 --- a/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/os_dep/usb_intf.c +++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/os_dep/usb_intf.c @@ -114,13 +114,12 @@ static struct dvobj_priv *usb_dvobj_init(struct usb_interface *usb_intf) mutex_init(&pdvobjpriv->usb_vendor_req_mutex); pdvobjpriv->usb_vendor_req_buf = kzalloc(MAX_USB_IO_CTL_SIZE, GFP_KERNEL); - if (pdvobjpriv->usb_vendor_req_buf) { - usb_get_dev(pusbd); - } else { + if (!pdvobjpriv->usb_vendor_req_buf) { usb_set_intfdata(usb_intf, NULL); kfree(pdvobjpriv); - pdvobjpriv = NULL; + return NULL; } + usb_get_dev(pusbd); return pdvobjpriv; } -- 1.8.1.2 _______________________________________________ devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://driverdev.linuxdriverproject.org/mailman/listinfo/driverdev-devel