linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] p54pci: don't return zero on failure path in p54p

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Date:	Wed, 02 Jan 2013 02:44:38 +0400
From:	Alexey Khoroshilov <khoroshilov@...ras.ru>
To:	Christian Lamparter <chunkeey@...glemail.com>
CC:	"John W. Linville" <linville@...driver.com>,
	linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, ldv-project@...uxtesting.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] p54pci: don't return zero on failure path in p54p_probe()

On 01/02/2013 01:45 AM, Christian Lamparter wrote:
> On Tuesday 01 January 2013 22:11:01 Alexey Khoroshilov wrote:
>> If pci_set_dma_mask() or pci_set_consistent_dma_mask() fails in p54p_probe(),
>> it breaks off initialization, deallocates all resources, but returns zero.
>>
>> The patch implements proper error code propagation.
> Uh, Thanks!
>
> But wait, I think there's another return 0 in the error
> path. See p54pci.c @ line 558:
>
> mem_len = pci_resource_len(pdev, 0);
> if (mem_len < sizeof(...)) {
> 	dev_err(...)
> 	goto err_disabled_dev;
> }
>
> Do you think you can add a err = -EINVAL; before the goto too?
You are right! But I would say -ENODEV is more popular error code in 
this case.
> [I wonder why this wasn't found by the verification project as
> well? Could it be that pci_resource_len(...) < sizeof(...) is
> somehow always true and this is a dead branch?]
Actually it was found, but I have no direct access to the results at the 
moment. My fault.

Would you like I resend the patch to fix both?

--
Best regards,
Alexey

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