Inspect the return value of register_netdev() in the driver probe routine and return -ENODEV in case of error. Signed-off-by: Kumar Amit Mehta <gmate.amit@xxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/staging/rtl8187se/r8180_core.c | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8187se/r8180_core.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8187se/r8180_core.c index 20e5fb5..833b083 100644 --- a/drivers/staging/rtl8187se/r8180_core.c +++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8187se/r8180_core.c @@ -3638,7 +3638,8 @@ static int __devinit rtl8180_pci_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev, netif_carrier_off(dev); - register_netdev(dev); + if (register_netdev(dev)) + goto fail1; rtl8180_proc_init_one(dev); -- 1.7.9.5 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kernel-janitors" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html