netdev - [PATCH 1/1] net: ethernet: qlogic: fix improper return value

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Date:   Sun,  4 Dec 2016 14:15:17 +0800
From:   Pan Bian <bianpan201604@....com>
To:     Harish Patil <harish.patil@...ium.com>,
        Manish Chopra <manish.chopra@...ium.com>,
        Dept-GELinuxNICDev@...ium.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Pan Bian <bianpan2016@....com>
Subject: [PATCH 1/1] net: ethernet: qlogic: fix improper return value

From: Pan Bian <bianpan2016@....com>

When the call to qlcnic_alloc_mbx_args() fails, returning variable "err"
seems improper. With reference to the context, returing variable
"config" may be better.

Bugzilla: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=189101

Signed-off-by: Pan Bian <bianpan2016@....com>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qlcnic/qlcnic_83xx_hw.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qlcnic/qlcnic_83xx_hw.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qlcnic/qlcnic_83xx_hw.c
index bdbcd2b..21c4aca 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qlcnic/qlcnic_83xx_hw.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qlcnic/qlcnic_83xx_hw.c
@@ -3189,7 +3189,7 @@ int qlcnic_83xx_test_link(struct qlcnic_adapter *adapter)
 
 	err = qlcnic_alloc_mbx_args(&cmd, adapter, QLCNIC_CMD_GET_LINK_STATUS);
 	if (err)
-		return err;
+		return config;
 
 	err = qlcnic_issue_cmd(adapter, &cmd);
 	if (err) {
-- 
1.9.1