netdev - Re: [PATCH] mwifiex: fix unconditional error return in .add_virtual

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Date:	Tue, 05 Jul 2016 16:09:26 +0300
From:	Kalle Valo <kvalo@...eaurora.org>
To:	Javier Martinez Canillas <javier@....samsung.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Amitkumar Karwar <akarwar@...vell.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org,
	Nishant Sarmukadam <nishants@...vell.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mwifiex: fix unconditional error return in .add_virtual_intf callback

Javier Martinez Canillas <javier@....samsung.com> writes:

> The commit 7311ea850079 ("mwifiex: fix AP start problem for newly added
> interface") attempted to fix an issue when a new AP interface is added.
>
> But the patch didn't check the return value of the functions doing the
> firmware calls and returned an error even if the functions didn't fail.
>
> This prevents the network device to be registered properly, so fix it.
>
> Fixes: commit 7311ea850079 ("mwifiex: fix AP start problem for newly added interface")
> Signed-off-by: Javier Martinez Canillas <javier@....samsung.com>

The fixes line should be:

Fixes: 7311ea850079 ("mwifiex: fix AP start problem for newly added interface")

I can fix that before I apply the patch.

-- 
Kalle Valo