netdev - Re: [PATCH] net: cdc_ncm: cleanup a type issue in cdc_ncm

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Date:	Thu, 14 Nov 2013 03:10:57 -0500 (EST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	dan.carpenter@...cle.com
Cc:	oliver@...kum.org, linux-usb@...r.kernel.org,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: cdc_ncm: cleanup a type issue in cdc_ncm_setup()

From: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>
Date: Wed, 13 Nov 2013 10:42:34 +0300

> This is harmless but cdc_ncm_setup() returns negative error codes
> truncated to u8 values.  There is only one caller and treats all
> non-zero returns as errors but doesn't store the the return code.  So
> the code works correctly but it's messy and upsets the static checkers.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>

Applied, thanks Dan.
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