linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] w35und: fix usb_control_msg() error handling in wb35

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Message-ID: <84144f020901261010h67958566lbd9ea240dc6d9ec@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Mon, 26 Jan 2009 20:10:42 +0200
From:	Pekka Enberg <penberg@...helsinki.fi>
To:	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>
Cc:	Pavel Machek <pavel@...e.cz>,
	Sandro Bonazzola <sandro.bonazzola@...il.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] w35und: fix usb_control_msg() error handling in 
	wb35_probe()

On Mon, Jan 26, 2009 at 8:03 PM, Pekka Enberg <penberg@...helsinki.fi> wrote:
> Greg KH wrote:
>>
>> On Thu, Jan 22, 2009 at 12:06:33PM +0200, Pekka J Enberg wrote:
>>>
>>> From: Pekka Enberg <penberg@...helsinki.fi>
>>>
>>> If successful, the usb_control_msg() function returns the number of
>>> bytes transferred. Fix up wb35_probe() to only bail out if the function
>>> returns a negative number.
>>>
>>> Reported-by: Sandro Bonazzola <sandro.bonazzola@...il.com>
>>> Signed-off-by: Pekka Enberg <penberg@...helsinki.fi>
>>
>> I'm confused, should I apply this patch or not?
>
> Yes, you should. What's confusing you here?

Oh, looking at the thread, I see how you got confused. The patch
doesn't fix all of Sandro's problems but is an obvious improvement so
it should be merged.
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