On Thursday 04 March 2010 14:28:33 Senthil Balasubramanian wrote: > Signed-off-by: Senthil Balasubramanian <senthilkumar@xxxxxxxxxxx> > --- > drivers/net/wireless/ath/ar9170/main.c | 3 ++- > 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ar9170/main.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ar9170/main.c > index f4650fc..d47450a 100644 > --- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ar9170/main.c > +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ar9170/main.c > @@ -2517,7 +2517,7 @@ void *ar9170_alloc(size_t priv_size) > > skb = __dev_alloc_skb(AR9170_MAX_RX_BUFFER_SIZE, GFP_KERNEL); > if (!skb) > - goto err_nomem; > + goto err_out; > > hw = ieee80211_alloc_hw(priv_size, &ar9170_ops); > if (!hw) > @@ -2574,6 +2574,7 @@ void *ar9170_alloc(size_t priv_size) > > err_nomem: > kfree_skb(skb); > +err_out: > return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM); > } err, wait. It's perfectly legal to call kfree_skb(NULL). This is also true for most other kfree* functions. But, if you can't stand this freeing NULL business (e.g.: prop. mem checker?), then why not got the direct path and replace "goto err_nomem" with "return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM)"? Regards, Chr -- 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