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Date:   Sun, 4 Dec 2016 13:24:25 +0300
From:   Sergei Shtylyov <sergei.shtylyov@...entembedded.com>
To:     Pan Bian <bianpan201604@....com>,
        Michal Kalderon <michal.kalderon@...ium.com>,
        Yuval Mintz <Yuval.Mintz@...ium.com>,
        Ariel Elior <ariel.elior@...ium.com>,
        everest-linux-l2@...ium.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Pan Bian <bianpan2016@....com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] net: bnx2x: fix improper return value

On 12/4/2016 11:39 AM, Pan Bian wrote:

> From: Pan Bian <bianpan2016@....com>
>
> Marco BNX2X_ALLOC_AND_SET(arr, lbl, func) calls kmalloc() to allocate

    Macro.

> memory, and jumps to label "lbl" if the allocation fails. Label "lbl"
> first cleans memory and then returns variable rc. Before calling the
> macro, the value of variable rc is 0. Because 0 means no error, the
> callers of bnx2x_init_firmware() may be misled. This patch fixes the bug,
> assigning "-ENOMEM" to rc before calling macro NX2X_ALLOC_AND_SET().
>
> Bugzilla: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=189141
>
> Signed-off-by: Pan Bian <bianpan2016@....com>
[...]

MBR, Sergei

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