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Date:	Mon, 12 Oct 2009 02:34:46 +0100
From:	Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:	Jes Sorensen <jes@...ined-monkey.org>, linux-acenic@...site.dk,
	netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH] acenic: Pass up error code from ace_load_firmware()

If ace_load_firmware() fails, ace_init() cleans up but still returns
0, leading to an oops as seen in <http://bugs.debian.org/521383>.
It should pass the error code up.

Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk>
Cc: stable@...nel.org
---
Compile-tested only.

Ben.

 drivers/net/acenic.c |    3 ++-
 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/acenic.c b/drivers/net/acenic.c
index 08419ee..12bfc44 100644
--- a/drivers/net/acenic.c
+++ b/drivers/net/acenic.c
@@ -1209,7 +1209,8 @@ static int __devinit ace_init(struct net_device *dev)
 	memset(ap->info, 0, sizeof(struct ace_info));
 	memset(ap->skb, 0, sizeof(struct ace_skb));
 
-	if (ace_load_firmware(dev))
+	ecode = ace_load_firmware(dev);
+	if (ecode)
 		goto init_error;
 
 	ap->fw_running = 0;
-- 
1.6.4.3


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