linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] staging: r8188eu: convert type of HalData in struct adapter

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Date:   Tue, 7 Dec 2021 11:14:06 +0100
From:   Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Michael Straube <straube.linux@...il.com>
Cc:     Larry.Finger@...inger.net, phil@...lpotter.co.uk,
        linux-staging@...ts.linux.dev, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] staging: r8188eu: convert type of HalData in struct
 adapter

On Mon, Dec 06, 2021 at 10:22:58AM +0100, Michael Straube wrote:
> adapter->HalData is used in the GET_HAL_DATA macro all across the
> driver code but nobody checks if its allocation in
> rtl188eu_alloc_haldata() was successful or not.
> 
> To avoid errors when the allocation fails convert the type of field
> HalData from void pointer to struct hal_data_8188eu. Remove
> GET_HAL_DATA, rtl8188eu_alloc_haldata(), rtl8188e_free_hal_data().
> 
> Signed-off-by: Michael Straube <straube.linux@...il.com>
> ---
> Tested on x86_64 with InterTech DMG-02.

This doesn't apply to my tree anymore, due to the other changes that
were submitted for this driver.  Can you rebase and resend please?

thanks,

greg k-h