linux-kernel - [PATCH] w35und: fix usb_control_msg() error handling in wb35

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Date:	Thu, 22 Jan 2009 12:06:33 +0200 (EET)
From:	Pekka J Enberg <penberg@...helsinki.fi>
To:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <greg@...ah.com>
cc:	Pavel Machek <pavel@...e.cz>,
	Sandro Bonazzola <sandro.bonazzola@...il.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] w35und: fix usb_control_msg() error handling in wb35_probe()

From: Pekka Enberg <penberg@...helsinki.fi>

If successful, the usb_control_msg() function returns the number of
bytes transferred. Fix up wb35_probe() to only bail out if the function
returns a negative number.

Reported-by: Sandro Bonazzola <sandro.bonazzola@...il.com>
Signed-off-by: Pekka Enberg <penberg@...helsinki.fi>
---
 drivers/staging/winbond/wbusb.c |   14 ++++++++------
 1 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/staging/winbond/wbusb.c b/drivers/staging/winbond/wbusb.c
index fd5c8eb..7ced028 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/winbond/wbusb.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/winbond/wbusb.c
@@ -302,17 +302,19 @@ static int wb35_probe(struct usb_interface *intf,
 	struct usb_device *udev = interface_to_usbdev(intf);
 	struct wbsoft_priv *priv;
 	struct ieee80211_hw *dev;
-	int err;
+	int err, nr;
 
 	usb_get_dev(udev);
 
 	/* Check if the device has already been opened */
-	err = usb_control_msg(udev, usb_rcvctrlpipe(udev, 0),
-			      0x01,
-			      USB_TYPE_VENDOR | USB_RECIP_DEVICE | USB_DIR_IN,
-			      0x0, 0x400, &ltmp, 4, HZ * 100);
-	if (err)
+	nr = usb_control_msg(udev, usb_rcvctrlpipe(udev, 0),
+			     0x01,
+			     USB_TYPE_VENDOR | USB_RECIP_DEVICE | USB_DIR_IN,
+			     0x0, 0x400, &ltmp, 4, HZ * 100);
+	if (nr < 0) {
+		err = nr;
 		goto error;
+	}
 
 	/* Is already initialized? */
 	ltmp = cpu_to_le32(ltmp);
-- 
1.5.6.4

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