Patch "staging: rtl8192e: return error code from rtllib_softmac_init()" has been added to the 5.4-stable tree

[Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx>]

This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled

    staging: rtl8192e: return error code from rtllib_softmac_init()

to the 5.4-stable tree which can be found at:
    http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary

The filename of the patch is:
     staging-rtl8192e-return-error-code-from-rtllib_softm.patch
and it can be found in the queue-5.4 subdirectory.

If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree,
please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it.



commit 35df0acf9cb43bd5e07e766854df47c793af4984
Author: Yang Yingliang <yangyingliang@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date:   Thu Dec 2 11:07:02 2021 +0800

    staging: rtl8192e: return error code from rtllib_softmac_init()
    
    [ Upstream commit 68bf78ff59a0891eb1239948e94ce10f73a9dd30 ]
    
    If it fails to allocate 'dot11d_info', rtllib_softmac_init()
    should return error code. And remove unneccessary error message.
    
    Fixes: 94a799425eee ("From: wlanfae <wlanfae@xxxxxxxxxxx>")
    Reviewed-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx>
    Reviewed-by: Pavel Skripkin <paskripkin@xxxxxxxxx>
    Signed-off-by: Yang Yingliang <yangyingliang@xxxxxxxxxx>
    Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20211202030704.2425621-2-yangyingliang@xxxxxxxxxx
    Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
    Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx>

diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtllib.h b/drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtllib.h
index 2eeb9a43734e3..49bf3ad31f912 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtllib.h
+++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtllib.h
@@ -1982,7 +1982,7 @@ void rtllib_softmac_xmit(struct rtllib_txb *txb, struct rtllib_device *ieee);
 void rtllib_stop_send_beacons(struct rtllib_device *ieee);
 void notify_wx_assoc_event(struct rtllib_device *ieee);
 void rtllib_start_ibss(struct rtllib_device *ieee);
-void rtllib_softmac_init(struct rtllib_device *ieee);
+int rtllib_softmac_init(struct rtllib_device *ieee);
 void rtllib_softmac_free(struct rtllib_device *ieee);
 void rtllib_disassociate(struct rtllib_device *ieee);
 void rtllib_stop_scan(struct rtllib_device *ieee);
diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtllib_softmac.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtllib_softmac.c
index f2f7529e7c80e..4ff8fd694c600 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtllib_softmac.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtllib_softmac.c
@@ -2952,7 +2952,7 @@ void rtllib_start_protocol(struct rtllib_device *ieee)
 	}
 }
 
-void rtllib_softmac_init(struct rtllib_device *ieee)
+int rtllib_softmac_init(struct rtllib_device *ieee)
 {
 	int i;
 
@@ -2963,7 +2963,8 @@ void rtllib_softmac_init(struct rtllib_device *ieee)
 		ieee->seq_ctrl[i] = 0;
 	ieee->dot11d_info = kzalloc(sizeof(struct rt_dot11d_info), GFP_ATOMIC);
 	if (!ieee->dot11d_info)
-		netdev_err(ieee->dev, "Can't alloc memory for DOT11D\n");
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
 	ieee->LinkDetectInfo.SlotIndex = 0;
 	ieee->LinkDetectInfo.SlotNum = 2;
 	ieee->LinkDetectInfo.NumRecvBcnInPeriod = 0;
@@ -3031,6 +3032,7 @@ void rtllib_softmac_init(struct rtllib_device *ieee)
 	     (void(*)(unsigned long)) rtllib_sta_ps,
 	     (unsigned long)ieee);
 
+	return 0;
 }
 
 void rtllib_softmac_free(struct rtllib_device *ieee)