netdev - [PATCH] fsl_pq_mdio: Fix mdiobus allocation handling

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Date:	Fri, 14 May 2010 18:27:30 +0400
From:	Anton Vorontsov <avorontsov@...sta.com>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, linuxppc-dev@...abs.org
Subject: [PATCH] fsl_pq_mdio: Fix mdiobus allocation handling

The driver could return success code even if mdiobus_alloc() failed.
This patch fixes the issue.

Signed-off-by: Anton Vorontsov <avorontsov@...sta.com>
---
 drivers/net/fsl_pq_mdio.c |    6 ++++--
 1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/fsl_pq_mdio.c b/drivers/net/fsl_pq_mdio.c
index 3acac5f..ff028f5 100644
--- a/drivers/net/fsl_pq_mdio.c
+++ b/drivers/net/fsl_pq_mdio.c
@@ -277,15 +277,17 @@ static int fsl_pq_mdio_probe(struct of_device *ofdev,
 	int tbiaddr = -1;
 	const u32 *addrp;
 	u64 addr = 0, size = 0;
-	int err = 0;
+	int err;
 
 	priv = kzalloc(sizeof(*priv), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!priv)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
 	new_bus = mdiobus_alloc();
-	if (NULL == new_bus)
+	if (!new_bus) {
+		err = -ENOMEM;
 		goto err_free_priv;
+	}
 
 	new_bus->name = "Freescale PowerQUICC MII Bus",
 	new_bus->read = &fsl_pq_mdio_read,
-- 
1.7.0.5

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