The error handling is broken here. netxen_rom_fast_read() returns zero on success and -EIO on error. It never returns -1. Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/netxen/netxen_nic_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/netxen/netxen_nic_main.c index fd362b6..9c6eed9 100644 --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/netxen/netxen_nic_main.c +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/netxen/netxen_nic_main.c @@ -852,7 +852,8 @@ netxen_check_options(struct netxen_adapter *adapter) ptr32 = (__le32 *)&serial_num; offset = NX_FW_SERIAL_NUM_OFFSET; for (i = 0; i < 8; i++) { - if (netxen_rom_fast_read(adapter, offset, &val) == -1) { + err = netxen_rom_fast_read(adapter, offset, &val); + if (err) { dev_err(&pdev->dev, "error reading board info\n"); adapter->driver_mismatch = 1; return; -- 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