netdev - [PATCH] net: wireless: hostap: hostap_ap.c: Return -ENOMEM instead of -1 for if kmalloc() fails.

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Date:	Mon, 18 Feb 2013 04:13:44 -0800
From:	Kumar Amit Mehta <gmate.amit@...il.com>
To:	j@...fi
Cc:	linville@...driver.com, wireless@...r.kernel.org,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] net: wireless: hostap: hostap_ap.c: Return -ENOMEM instead of -1 for if kmalloc() fails.

When memory allocation using, kmalloc() fails, report appropriate error value.

Signed-off-by: Kumar Amit Mehta <gmate.amit@...il.com>
---
 drivers/net/wireless/hostap/hostap_ap.c |    2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/hostap/hostap_ap.c b/drivers/net/wireless/hostap/hostap_ap.c
index c6ea995..dd9a18f 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/hostap/hostap_ap.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/hostap/hostap_ap.c
@@ -376,7 +376,7 @@ int ap_control_add_mac(struct mac_restrictions *mac_restrictions, u8 *mac)
 
 	entry = kmalloc(sizeof(struct mac_entry), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (entry == NULL)
-		return -1;
+		return -ENOMEM;
 
 	memcpy(entry->addr, mac, ETH_ALEN);
 
-- 
1.7.9.5

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