On Wed, Aug 13, 2014 at 3:55 PM, Nick Krause <xerofoify@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Wed, Aug 13, 2014 at 3:54 PM, Nicholas Krause <xerofoify@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> This patch fixes the bug , https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=60461 >> on the kernel bugzilla. Further more I am checking if we are allocating a >> NULL skb and if so make rt_status to false and free the quene we are using >> for allocated skbs in the while/do loop with skb_quene_purge. >> >> Signed-off-by: Nicholas Krause <xerofoify@xxxxxxxxx> >> --- >> drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtl8192e/r8192E_firmware.c | 5 +++++ >> 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) >> >> diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtl8192e/r8192E_firmware.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtl8192e/r8192E_firmware.c >> index 1a95d1f..0f18c6d 100644 >> --- a/drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtl8192e/r8192E_firmware.c >> +++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtl8192e/r8192E_firmware.c >> @@ -61,6 +61,11 @@ static bool fw_download_code(struct net_device *dev, u8 *code_virtual_address, >> } >> >> skb = dev_alloc_skb(frag_length + 4); >> + if (skb == NULL ) { >> + rt_status = false; >> + skb_queue_purge(&priv->rtllib->skb_waitQ[TXCMD_QUEUE]); >> + break; >> + } >> memcpy((unsigned char *)(skb->cb), &dev, sizeof(dev)); >> tcb_desc = (struct cb_desc *)(skb->cb + MAX_DEV_ADDR_SIZE); >> tcb_desc->queue_index = TXCMD_QUEUE; >> -- >> 1.9.1 >> > If there are any other errors with this patch, please let me known. I > checked again and there are no warnings or build errors. > Sorry to Valdis about the stupid questions. > Nick Checkpatch error please forget. Nick _______________________________________________ Kernelnewbies mailing list Kernelnewbies@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.kernelnewbies.org/mailman/listinfo/kernelnewbies