From: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@xxxxxxxxx> The code seems fine, as buf won't be assigned when an error is returned, but checking for the error first is easier to understand. Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Emmanuel Grumbach <emmanuel.grumbach@xxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/pcie/trans.c | 17 ++++++++--------- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/pcie/trans.c b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/pcie/trans.c index 7290f42..61ae1af 100644 --- a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/pcie/trans.c +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/pcie/trans.c @@ -1434,16 +1434,15 @@ static ssize_t iwl_dbgfs_fh_reg_read(struct file *file, { struct iwl_trans *trans = file->private_data; char *buf = NULL; - int pos = 0; - ssize_t ret = -EFAULT; - - ret = pos = iwl_dump_fh(trans, &buf); - if (buf) { - ret = simple_read_from_buffer(user_buf, - count, ppos, buf, pos); - kfree(buf); - } + ssize_t ret; + ret = iwl_dump_fh(trans, &buf); + if (ret < 0) + return ret; + if (!buf) + return -EINVAL; + ret = simple_read_from_buffer(user_buf, count, ppos, buf, ret); + kfree(buf); return ret; } -- 1.7.9.5 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireless" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html