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

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Date:	Wed, 3 Feb 2010 17:02:49 +0100
From:	roel kluin <roel.kluin@...il.com>
To:	Oliver Neukum <oliver@...kum.org>
Cc:	Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@...radead.org>,
	linux-media@...r.kernel.org,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] dvb: return -ENOMEM if kzalloc failed in 
	dvb_usb_device_init()

On Tue, Feb 2, 2010 at 3:29 PM, Oliver Neukum <oliver@...kum.org> wrote:
> Am Dienstag, 2. Februar 2010 15:29:46 schrieb Roel Kluin:
>> 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?
>
> We should and we do if cold==0.
> The bug is caused by this:
>
>        if (cold) {
>                info("found a '%s' in cold state, will try to load a firmware",desc->name);
>                ret = dvb_usb_download_firmware(udev,props);
>                if (!props->no_reconnect || ret != 0)
>                        return ret;
>        }
>
> which overwrites ret

Is that an ack or do you want me to add an int (e.g. rc) that
handles the dvb_usb_download_firmware() return value?

Roel
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