linux-kernel - [PATCH] rtl8712: add a check for the status of register

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Date:   Tue, 25 Dec 2018 19:30:39 -0600
From:   Kangjie Lu <kjlu@....edu>
To:     kjlu@....edu
Cc:     pakki001@....edu, Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@...inger.net>,
        Florian Schilhabel <florian.c.schilhabel@...glemail.com>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        André Lehmann <lenneman@....de>,
        devel@...verdev.osuosl.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] rtl8712: add a check for the status of register_netdev

register_netdev() may fail, so let's check its return value, and if it
fails, issue an error message.

Signed-off-by: Kangjie Lu <kjlu@....edu>
---
 drivers/staging/rtl8712/hal_init.c | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8712/hal_init.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8712/hal_init.c
index 7cdd609cab6c..7e2f8e0185d5 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/rtl8712/hal_init.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8712/hal_init.c
@@ -45,7 +45,8 @@ static void rtl871x_load_fw_cb(const struct firmware *firmware, void *context)
 	}
 	padapter->fw = firmware;
 	/* firmware available - start netdev */
-	register_netdev(padapter->pnetdev);
+	if (register_netdev(padapter->pnetdev))
+		dev_err(&udev->dev, "r8712u: Registering netdev failed\n");
 }
 
 static const char firmware_file[] = "rtlwifi/rtl8712u.bin";
-- 
2.17.2 (Apple Git-113)