linux-kernel - [PATCH] staging: rtl8712: check register

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Date:   Sun,  6 Dec 2020 23:59:07 +0800
From:   shaojie.dong@...c.iscas.ac.cn
To:     Larry.Finger@...inger.net, florian.c.schilhabel@...glemail.com,
        gregkh@...uxfoundation.org
Cc:     devel@...verdev.osuosl.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        shaojie.dong@...c.iscas.ac.cn
Subject: [PATCH] staging: rtl8712: check register_netdev() return value

From: "shaojie.dong" <shaojie.dong@...c.iscas.ac.cn>

Function register_netdev() can fail, so we should check it's return value

Signed-off-by: shaojie.dong <shaojie.dong@...c.iscas.ac.cn>
---
 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 715f1fe8b..fbcc6de1b 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)
 	}
 	adapter->fw = firmware;
 	/* firmware available - start netdev */
-	register_netdev(adapter->pnetdev);
+	if (register_netdev(adapter->pnetdev) != 0)
+		dev_err(&udev->dev, "r8712u: register_netdev() failed\n");
 	complete(&adapter->rtl8712_fw_ready);
 }
 
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