netdev - [PATCH 1/3] chelsio: error path fix

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Date:	Mon, 8 Jan 2007 11:24:26 -0800
From:	Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...l.org>
To:	Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@...ox.com>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 1/3] chelsio: error path fix

Fix handling of allocation failure.

Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...l.org>

--- netdev-2.6.orig/drivers/net/chelsio/my3126.c
+++ netdev-2.6/drivers/net/chelsio/my3126.c
@@ -170,9 +170,10 @@ static struct cphy *my3126_phy_create(ad
 {
 	struct cphy *cphy = kzalloc(sizeof (*cphy), GFP_KERNEL);
 
-	if (cphy)
-		cphy_init(cphy, adapter, phy_addr, &my3126_ops, mdio_ops);
+	if (!cphy)
+		return NULL;
 
+	cphy_init(cphy, adapter, phy_addr, &my3126_ops, mdio_ops);
 	INIT_DELAYED_WORK(&cphy->phy_update, my3216_poll);
 	cphy->bmsr = 0;
 
-
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