In the ioctl function if we are not able to UP the link after setting the new parameters then return an error code to the userspace. Signed-off-by: Sudip Mukherjee <sudip@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/staging/slicoss/slicoss.c | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/staging/slicoss/slicoss.c b/drivers/staging/slicoss/slicoss.c index fb663c8..6ff0b83 100644 --- a/drivers/staging/slicoss/slicoss.c +++ b/drivers/staging/slicoss/slicoss.c @@ -2624,7 +2624,8 @@ static int slic_ioctl(struct net_device *dev, struct ifreq *rq, int cmd) else duplex = 0; slic_link_config(adapter, speed, duplex); - slic_link_event_handler(adapter); + if (slic_link_event_handler(adapter)) + return -EFAULT; } } return 0; -- 1.9.1 _______________________________________________ devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://driverdev.linuxdriverproject.org/mailman/listinfo/driverdev-devel
