netdev - [PATCH] ath11k: Fix an error handling path

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Date:   Sun, 22 Nov 2020 18:39:43 +0100
From:   Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@...adoo.fr>
To:     kvalo@...eaurora.org, davem@...emloft.net, kuba@...nel.org,
        gseset@...eaurora.org, mkenna@...eaurora.org,
        slakkavalli@...to.com, gsamin@...eaurora.org,
        pradeepc@...eaurora.org
Cc:     ath11k@...ts.infradead.org, linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org,
        Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@...adoo.fr>
Subject: [PATCH] ath11k: Fix an error handling path

If 'kzalloc' fails, we must return an error code.

While at it, remove a useless initialization of 'err' which could hide the
issue.

Fixes: d5c65159f289 ("ath11k: driver for Qualcomm IEEE 802.11ax devices")
Signed-off-by: Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@...adoo.fr>
---
 drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/qmi.c | 6 ++++--
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/qmi.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/qmi.c
index c2b165158225..99a88ca83dea 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/qmi.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/qmi.c
@@ -1585,15 +1585,17 @@ static int ath11k_qmi_fw_ind_register_send(struct ath11k_base *ab)
 	struct qmi_wlanfw_ind_register_resp_msg_v01 *resp;
 	struct qmi_handle *handle = &ab->qmi.handle;
 	struct qmi_txn txn;
-	int ret = 0;
+	int ret;
 
 	req = kzalloc(sizeof(*req), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!req)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
 	resp = kzalloc(sizeof(*resp), GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!resp)
+	if (!resp) {
+		ret = -ENOMEM;
 		goto resp_out;
+	}
 
 	req->client_id_valid = 1;
 	req->client_id = QMI_WLANFW_CLIENT_ID;
-- 
2.27.0