In the case of alloc_netdev_mq failure and kmalloc failure, current implementation returns ERR_PTR(0). As a result, the caller of iwm_if_alloc does not catch the error by IS_ERR macro. Fix it by setting proper error code for ret variable in the failure cases. Signed-off-by: Axel Lin <axel.lin@xxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/net/wireless/iwmc3200wifi/netdev.c | 2 ++ 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/iwmc3200wifi/netdev.c b/drivers/net/wireless/iwmc3200wifi/netdev.c index 13a69eb..5091d77 100644 --- a/drivers/net/wireless/iwmc3200wifi/netdev.c +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/iwmc3200wifi/netdev.c @@ -126,6 +126,7 @@ void *iwm_if_alloc(int sizeof_bus, struct device *dev, ndev = alloc_netdev_mq(0, "wlan%d", ether_setup, IWM_TX_QUEUES); if (!ndev) { dev_err(dev, "no memory for network device instance\n"); + ret = -ENOMEM; goto out_priv; } @@ -138,6 +139,7 @@ void *iwm_if_alloc(int sizeof_bus, struct device *dev, GFP_KERNEL); if (!iwm->umac_profile) { dev_err(dev, "Couldn't alloc memory for profile\n"); + ret = -ENOMEM; goto out_profile; } -- 1.7.2 -- 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