linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] wwan: core: Avoid returning NULL from wwan_create

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Date:   Fri, 6 Aug 2021 11:29:38 +0200
From:   Loic Poulain <loic.poulain@...aro.org>
To:     Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>
Cc:     "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Sergey Ryazanov <ryazanov.s.a@...il.com>,
        Network Development <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        open list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Johannes Berg <johannes@...solutions.net>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] wwan: core: Avoid returning NULL from wwan_create_dev()

On Fri, 6 Aug 2021 at 11:00, Andy Shevchenko
<andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com> wrote:
>
> Make wwan_create_dev() to return either valid or error pointer,
> In some cases it may return NULL. Prevent this by converting
> it to the respective error pointer.
>
> Fixes: 9a44c1cc6388 ("net: Add a WWAN subsystem")
> Signed-off-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>

Reviewed-by: Loic Poulain <loic.poulain@...aro.org>