If platform_device_alloc() fails, then we should return -ENOMEM instead of returning success. I've also removed the "rv" initialization so that GCC can maybe detect if we forget to set it in the future. Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx> --- v2: Don't initialize "rv" and fix a typo in the commit message diff --git a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_si_intf.c b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_si_intf.c index f2a294f78892..c09b279cd55e 100644 --- a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_si_intf.c +++ b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_si_intf.c @@ -2026,7 +2026,7 @@ int ipmi_si_add_smi(struct si_sm_io *io) */ static int try_smi_init(struct smi_info *new_smi) { - int rv = 0; + int rv; int i; char *init_name = NULL; @@ -2071,6 +2071,7 @@ static int try_smi_init(struct smi_info *new_smi) new_smi->intf_num); if (!new_smi->pdev) { pr_err(PFX "Unable to allocate platform device\n"); + rv = -ENOMEM; goto out_err; } new_smi->io.dev = &new_smi->pdev->dev; -- 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