The check of the return value of sock_register() is ineffective. "if(!err)" seems to be a typo. It is better to propagate the error code to the callers of caif_sktinit_module(). This patch removes the check statment and directly returns the result of sock_register().
Bugzilla: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=188751 Signed-off-by: Pan Bian <bianpan2...@163.com> --- net/caif/caif_socket.c | 5 +---- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/net/caif/caif_socket.c b/net/caif/caif_socket.c index aa209b1..92cbbd2 100644 --- a/net/caif/caif_socket.c +++ b/net/caif/caif_socket.c @@ -1107,10 +1107,7 @@ static int caif_create(struct net *net, struct socket *sock, int protocol, static int __init caif_sktinit_module(void) { - int err = sock_register(&caif_family_ops); - if (!err) - return err; - return 0; + return sock_register(&caif_family_ops); } static void __exit caif_sktexit_module(void) -- 1.9.1
