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Date:	Sat, 15 Feb 2014 11:23:48 -0600
From:	Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@...inger.net>
To:	Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>
CC:	gregkh@...uxfoundation.org, devel@...verdev.osuosl.org,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 10/13] staging: r8188eu: Remove wrapper _enter_critical_mutex()

On 02/15/2014 04:41 AM, Dan Carpenter wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 14, 2014 at 04:54:14PM -0600, Larry Finger wrote:
>> diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/hal/usb_ops_linux.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/hal/usb_ops_linux.c
>> index 1fa5370..d5f6a32 100644
>> --- a/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/hal/usb_ops_linux.c
>> +++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/hal/usb_ops_linux.c
>> @@ -49,7 +49,9 @@ static int usbctrl_vendorreq(struct intf_hdl *pintfhdl, u8 request, u16 value, u
>>   		goto exit;
>>   	}
>>
>> -	_enter_critical_mutex(&dvobjpriv->usb_vendor_req_mutex, NULL);
>> +	if (mutex_lock_interruptible(&dvobjpriv->usb_vendor_req_mutex))
>> +		status = -ENOMEM;
>> +		goto exit;
>>
>
> Missing curly braces.

Thanks for seeing this. Fixing this also removes the uninitialized variable 
warnings, which should have been a clue. Perhaps my wife is right, and I am 
getting senile!

Actually a simple "return -ENOMEM" is sufficient as nothing happens at label 
exit other than "return status".

Larry

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