linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3] staging: r8188eu: add check for kzalloc

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Date:   Sat, 21 May 2022 16:57:17 -0500
From:   Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@...inger.net>
To:     Pavel Skripkin <paskripkin@...il.com>,
        Martin Kaiser <lists@...ser.cx>,
        Jiasheng Jiang <jiasheng@...as.ac.cn>
Cc:     dan.carpenter@...cle.com, phil@...lpotter.co.uk,
        gregkh@...uxfoundation.org, straube.linux@...il.com,
        fmdefrancesco@...il.com, linux-staging@...ts.linux.dev,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] staging: r8188eu: add check for kzalloc

On 5/21/22 15:26, Pavel Skripkin wrote:
> Hi Martin,
> 
> On 5/21/22 18:50, Martin Kaiser wrote:
>>
>>>      for (i = 0; i < 4; i++)
>>> @@ -1474,7 +1479,7 @@ s32 rtw_xmit_classifier(struct adapter *padapter, 
>>> struct xmit_frame *pxmitframe)
>>
>>
>> res is still 0 here - but the caller of _rtw_init_xmit_priv compares
>> this return value with _SUCCESS (1) or _FAIL (0) and interprets it as
>> _FAIL.
>>
> 
> I think, it's time to make
> 
> s/_SUCCESS/0/
> s/_FAIL/-1
> 
> since developers from outside of staging are confused.
> The main problem will be with functions that return an int (or s32).
> 
> Will take a look.

I agree; however, this change will likely break a lot of pending patches.


@GregKH: Could you apply all pending patches in preparation for this patch? If 
so, then Pavel could make this transformation while the list is relatively idle.

Larry