videobuf_dvb_register_bus relies on dvb_net_init to set dvbnet->dvbdev on success, but ever since commit fcc8e7d8c0e2 ("dvb_net: Simplify the code if DVB NET is not defined"), ->dvbdev is left unset when networking support is disabled. Therefore in such configurations videobuf_dvb_register_bus always returns failure, tripping little-tested error handling paths and preventing the device from being initialized and used. Now that dvb_net_init returns a nonzero value on error, we can use that as a more reliable error indication. Do so. Now your card be used with CONFIG_DVB_NET=n, and the kernel will pass on a more useful error code describing what happened when CONFIG_DVB_NET=y but dvb_net_init fails due to resource exhaustion. Reported-by: David Fries <David@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@xxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/media/video/videobuf-dvb.c | 7 ++++--- 1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/media/video/videobuf-dvb.c b/drivers/media/video/videobuf-dvb.c index 3de7c7e4402d..59cb54aa2946 100644 --- a/drivers/media/video/videobuf-dvb.c +++ b/drivers/media/video/videobuf-dvb.c @@ -226,9 +226,10 @@ static int videobuf_dvb_register_frontend(struct dvb_adapter *adapter, } /* register network adapter */ - dvb_net_init(adapter, &dvb->net, &dvb->demux.dmx); - if (dvb->net.dvbdev == NULL) { - result = -ENOMEM; + result = dvb_net_init(adapter, &dvb->net, &dvb->demux.dmx); + if (result < 0) { + printk(KERN_WARNING "%s: dvb_net_init failed (errno = %d)\n", + dvb->name, result); goto fail_fe_conn; } return 0; -- 1.7.8.2+next.20111228 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-media" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html