netdev - Re: [PATCH net] dm9000: Return an ERR_PTR() in all error conditions of dm9000_parse

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Message-Id: <20140922.160313.17177368094902322.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Mon, 22 Sep 2014 16:03:13 -0400 (EDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	tklauser@...tanz.ch
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] dm9000: Return an ERR_PTR() in all error
 conditions of dm9000_parse_dt()

From: Tobias Klauser <tklauser@...tanz.ch>
Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2014 16:16:25 +0200

> In one error condition dm9000_parse_dt() returns NULL, however the
> return value is checked using IS_ERR() in dm9000_probe(), leading to the
> error not being properly propagated if CONFIG_OF is not enabled or the
> device tree data is not available. Fix this by also returning an
> ERR_PTR() in this case.
> 
> Fixes: 0b8bf1baabe5 (net: dm9000: Allow instantiation using device tree)
> Signed-off-by: Tobias Klauser <tklauser@...tanz.ch>

Applied, thanks.
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