Refactor wilc_netdev_init() to return the error code received from register_netdev() during the failure condition. Earlier discussion link [1]. https://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-wireless/msg177304.html Suggested-by: Claudiu Beznea <claudiu.beznea@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Ajay Singh <ajay.kathat@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/staging/wilc1000/linux_wlan.c | 14 ++++++++++---- 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/staging/wilc1000/linux_wlan.c b/drivers/staging/wilc1000/linux_wlan.c index 29c1317..b5e6765 100644 --- a/drivers/staging/wilc1000/linux_wlan.c +++ b/drivers/staging/wilc1000/linux_wlan.c @@ -1065,7 +1065,8 @@ int wilc_netdev_init(struct wilc **wilc, struct device *dev, int io_type, if (!wl) return -ENOMEM; - if (wilc_wlan_cfg_init(wl)) + ret = wilc_wlan_cfg_init(wl); + if (ret) goto free_wl; *wilc = wl; @@ -1077,8 +1078,10 @@ int wilc_netdev_init(struct wilc **wilc, struct device *dev, int io_type, INIT_LIST_HEAD(&wl->rxq_head.list); wl->hif_workqueue = create_singlethread_workqueue("WILC_wq"); - if (!wl->hif_workqueue) + if (!wl->hif_workqueue) { + ret = -ENOMEM; goto free_cfg; + } register_inetaddr_notifier(&g_dev_notifier); @@ -1086,8 +1089,10 @@ int wilc_netdev_init(struct wilc **wilc, struct device *dev, int io_type, struct wireless_dev *wdev; ndev = alloc_etherdev(sizeof(struct wilc_vif)); - if (!ndev) + if (!ndev) { + ret = -ENOMEM; goto free_ndev; + } vif = netdev_priv(ndev); memset(vif, 0, sizeof(struct wilc_vif)); @@ -1110,6 +1115,7 @@ int wilc_netdev_init(struct wilc **wilc, struct device *dev, int io_type, wdev = wilc_create_wiphy(ndev, dev); if (!wdev) { netdev_err(ndev, "Can't register WILC Wiphy\n"); + ret = -ENOMEM; goto free_ndev; } @@ -1151,7 +1157,7 @@ int wilc_netdev_init(struct wilc **wilc, struct device *dev, int io_type, wilc_wlan_cfg_deinit(wl); free_wl: kfree(wl); - return -ENOMEM; + return ret; } EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(wilc_netdev_init); -- 2.7.4
