linux-kernel - [PATCH] dvb: return -ENOMEM if kzalloc failed in dvb_usb_device

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Date:	Tue, 02 Feb 2010 15:29:46 +0100
From:	Roel Kluin <roel.kluin@...il.com>
To:	Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@...radead.org>,
	linux-media@...r.kernel.org,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH] dvb: return -ENOMEM if kzalloc failed in dvb_usb_device_init()

If in a cold state and the download succeeded ret is zero, but we
should return -ENOMEM.

Signed-off-by: Roel Kluin <roel.kluin@...il.com>
---
Or shouldn't we?

diff --git a/drivers/media/dvb/dvb-usb/dvb-usb-init.c b/drivers/media/dvb/dvb-usb/dvb-usb-init.c
index e331db8..5d91f70 100644
--- a/drivers/media/dvb/dvb-usb/dvb-usb-init.c
+++ b/drivers/media/dvb/dvb-usb/dvb-usb-init.c
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ int dvb_usb_device_init(struct usb_interface *intf,
 		d = kzalloc(sizeof(struct dvb_usb_device),GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (d == NULL) {
 		err("no memory for 'struct dvb_usb_device'");
-		return ret;
+		return -ENOMEM;
 	}
 
 	d->udev = udev;
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