On 14-09-09 08:42 AM, Sudip Mukherjee wrote: > On Tue, Sep 09, 2014 at 08:22:59AM -0400, nick wrote: >> >> >> On 14-09-08 11:08 PM, nick wrote: >>> I am attaching a trial patch again , please let me known if there are any issues for me to fix. >>> Nick >>> >> This patch is wrong, checkpatch errors. I am attaching another fixed version. >> Sorry Nick > >> >From 1d6378589ab97cc646e2a3717413077453e4e80b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 >> From: Nicholas Krause <xerofoify@xxxxxxxxx> >> Date: Mon, 8 Sep 2014 21:30:37 -0400 >> Subject: [PATCH] staging: Fix Null check for allocating skb in r8192E_firmware.c >> >> This patch checks in fw_download_code for if the allocated skb is >> NULl. Further more if the skb is null and we are in the loop, >> clean up and dequeune the skb quenue. In additon return false >> directly in the if statement and return true by itself removing >> rt_status to improve the code's readablitiy of return statements >> in fw_download_code. >> > > lots of spelling mistake .. what is NuLl ? > >> Signed-off-by: Nicholas Krause <xerofoify@xxxxxxxxx> >> --- >> drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtl8192e/r8192E_firmware.c | 7 +++++-- >> 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) >> >> diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtl8192e/r8192E_firmware.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtl8192e/r8192E_firmware.c >> index 1a95d1f..6988e1c 100644 >> --- a/drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtl8192e/r8192E_firmware.c >> +++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtl8192e/r8192E_firmware.c >> @@ -36,7 +36,6 @@ static bool fw_download_code(struct net_device *dev, u8 *code_virtual_address, >> u32 buffer_len) >> { >> struct r8192_priv *priv = rtllib_priv(dev); >> - bool rt_status = true; >> u16 frag_threshold; >> u16 frag_length, frag_offset = 0; >> int i; >> @@ -61,6 +60,10 @@ static bool fw_download_code(struct net_device *dev, u8 *code_virtual_address, >> } >> >> skb = dev_alloc_skb(frag_length + 4); >> + if (skb == NULL) { >> + skb_dequeue(&priv->rtllib->skb_waitQ[TXCMD_QUEUE]); > > again checkpatch warning of line over 80 char > >> + return false; >> + } >> 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; >> @@ -99,7 +102,7 @@ static bool fw_download_code(struct net_device *dev, u8 *code_virtual_address, >> >> write_nic_byte(dev, TPPoll, TPPoll_CQ); >> >> - return rt_status; >> + return true; >> } >> >> static bool CPUcheck_maincodeok_turnonCPU(struct net_device *dev) >> -- >> 1.9.1 >> > >> _______________________________________________ >> Kernelnewbies mailing list >> Kernelnewbies@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >> http://lists.kernelnewbies.org/mailman/listinfo/kernelnewbies > Thanks for the feedback, Guys. I will look over this latter and try and fix it. Nick _______________________________________________ Kernelnewbies mailing list Kernelnewbies@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.kernelnewbies.org/mailman/listinfo/kernelnewbies