linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/20 V2] drivers/net/ethernet/natsemi/natsemi.c: fix error return code

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Message-ID: <20121005214041.GA11601@electric-eye.fr.zoreil.com>
Date:	Fri, 5 Oct 2012 23:40:41 +0200
From:	Francois Romieu <romieu@...zoreil.com>
To:	Peter Senna Tschudin <peter.senna@...il.com>
Cc:	davem@...emloft.net, rick.jones2@...com, netdev@...deepdalvi.com,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/20 V2] drivers/net/ethernet/natsemi/natsemi.c: fix error return code

Peter Senna Tschudin <peter.senna@...il.com> :
[...]
> The function natsemi_probe1() return 0 for success and negative value
> for most of its internal tests failures. There is one exception
> that is error case going to err_create_file:. Fore this error case the
> function abort its success execution path, but returns non negative value, 
> making it difficult for a caller function to notice the error.

Ok. natsemi_probe1() forgets to return a negative status code in one of
its failure paths.

[...]
> Signed-off-by: Peter Senna Tschudin <peter.senna@...il.com>

Acked-by: Francois Romieu <romieu@...zoreil.com>

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