On Fri, Apr 15, 2022 at 10:09:31AM +0800, Haowen Bai wrote: > function rtllib_rx_assoc_resp () unsigned errcode receive auth_parse()'s > errcode -ENOMEM. > > Signed-off-by: Haowen Bai <baihaowen@xxxxxxxxx> > --- > V1->V2: reduce return random value; print its own error message. > > drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtllib_softmac.c | 12 ++++++------ > 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtllib_softmac.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtllib_softmac.c > index 82bf05eb1cbf..8a0961e64a8c 100644 > --- a/drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtllib_softmac.c > +++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtllib_softmac.c > @@ -1764,7 +1764,7 @@ static void rtllib_softmac_check_all_nets(struct rtllib_device *ieee) > spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ieee->lock, flags); > } > > -static inline u16 auth_parse(struct net_device *dev, struct sk_buff *skb, > +static inline s16 auth_parse(struct net_device *dev, struct sk_buff *skb, Could you make this an int instead of s16. s16 is always a bit weird. > u8 **challenge, int *chlen) > { > struct rtllib_authentication *a; > @@ -1773,7 +1773,7 @@ static inline u16 auth_parse(struct net_device *dev, struct sk_buff *skb, > if (skb->len < (sizeof(struct rtllib_authentication) - > sizeof(struct rtllib_info_element))) { > netdev_dbg(dev, "invalid len in auth resp: %d\n", skb->len); > - return 0xcafe; > + return -EINVAL; > } > *challenge = NULL; > a = (struct rtllib_authentication *) skb->data; > @@ -1787,7 +1787,7 @@ static inline u16 auth_parse(struct net_device *dev, struct sk_buff *skb, > return -ENOMEM; > } > } > - return le16_to_cpu(a->status); > + return a->status; But then just say: if (a->status) { netdev_info(ieee->dev, "blah blah failed"); return -EINVAL; } return 0; If you look up what a->status is, it can only be WLAN_STATUS_NOT_SUPPORTED_AUTH_ALG which is not worth preserving really. regards, dan carpenter