linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] staging: rtl8712: add error handling for register

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Date:   Tue, 12 Jun 2018 14:34:22 +0300
From:   Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>
To:     Zhouyang Jia <jiazhouyang09@...il.com>
Cc:     Florian Schilhabel <florian.c.schilhabel@...glemail.com>,
        devel@...verdev.osuosl.org,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>,
        Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@...inger.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] staging: rtl8712: add error handling for register_netdev

On Tue, Jun 12, 2018 at 11:18:43AM +0800, Zhouyang Jia wrote:
> When register_netdev fails, the lack of error-handling code may
> cause unexpected results.
> 
> This patch adds error-handling code after calling register_netdev.
> 

It doesn't add any error handling.  It just adds an error message.

The error handling does look sort of messed up, but this isn't a useful
patch.

regards,
dan carpenter