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

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Date:	Wed, 3 Feb 2010 17:16:03 +0100
From:	Oliver Neukum <oliver@...kum.org>
To:	roel kluin <roel.kluin@...il.com>
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()

Am Mittwoch, 3. Februar 2010 17:02:49 schrieb roel kluin:
> > 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?

This is an ack with an additional comment that this function is in need of
a cleanup due to unnecessary subtlety.

	Regards
		Oliver
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