netdev - Re: [PATCH] mlx4_en: Fix cleanup if workqueue create in mlx4_en

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Date:	Tue, 21 Apr 2009 01:50:18 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	rdreier@...co.com
Cc:	yevgenyp@...lanox.co.il, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	tziporet@...lanox.co.il
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mlx4_en: Fix cleanup if workqueue create in
 mlx4_en_add() fails

From: Roland Dreier <rdreier@...co.com>
Date: Mon, 20 Apr 2009 21:32:08 -0700

> If creating a workqueue fails, don't jump to the error path where that
> same workqueue is destroyed, since destroy_workqueue() can't handle a
> NULL pointer.
> 
> This was spotted by the Coverity checker (CID 2617).
> 
> Signed-off-by: Roland Dreier <rolandd@...co.com>

Applied.
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